Service Charge Accountant - Jackson Sims Recruitment Ltd : Job Details

Service Charge Accountant

Location: Essex

Hours: Monday - Friday 9-5:30pm - can offer flexi-hours

Reports to: Service Charge Accounts Manager

Fantastic company benefits!

Job Summary

Preparation of Client Service Charge Accounts, query resolution, preparing accounting data for external accountants, and analysing handover information.

• Preparation of Client Service Charge Accounts within deadlines and in accordance with industry regulations.
• Preparation of Client Reports within SLA deadlines.
• To file statutory returns with Companies House.
• Query resolution.
• Preparing accounting data for external accountants.
• Analysing handover information.

Responsibilities & Duties

This is varied role which will be responsible for all aspects of service charge including but not limited to:

• Reviewing and processing movements of expenditures between Cost Centres
• Reviewing and processing prepayments and accruals at Service Charge Year End Reconciliation
• Auditing income for the year ensuring leaseholders have been charged correctly
• Preparing service charge calculations including balance sheet reconciliation and detailed analysis of P&L accounts
• Posting deficit/surplus for the year and issuing demands
• Issuing Section 20b where applicable
• Ensuring Information provided by external agents is accurate and ensuring income and expenditure is correctly recorded within data system
• Ensuring the filing system for financial data is both accurate and orderly
• Working as part of a team to support the manager and property accounting side
• Preparing monthly and or quarterly reporting
• Answering financial / administrative questions
• Processing property standing information onto the company's data system
• Preparing financial information for the processing of sales / acquisition of property
• Establish and maintaining relationships with key clients and external accountants
• Preparation of service charge accounts and client reports for key client and complex sites
• Maintaining excellent communication with the other business departments

Qualifications & Skills

• Knowledge of residential property management and preparation of service charge accounts.
• Service Charge Accounts experience with knowledge of the changes in the industry.
• Relevant commercial property and service charge accounting experience, ideally with a solid working knowledge of a property system - QUBE, YARDI, MRI, TRAMPS etc and will have conversancy with related property terminology and reporting requirements.
• Natural attention to detail with strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work to deadlines is essential.
• Self motivated and proactive thinking
• Team player able to work under pressure and multi task

Desired

• Experience preparing residential service charge accounts
• Ability to analyse complex data to produce reports and deliver information to a range of audiences
• Strong interpersonal and communicative skills are essential for this role
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, AAT etc.) would be advantageous
• Excellent Excel skills including pivot tables and understanding of vlookup
• Working knowledge of property management systems.
• Ability to adapt to new IT systems

Jackson Sims Recruitment, specialists in Real Estate, covering Block & Estate Management, Property Management (AST), Build to Rent (BTR), Facilities Management, Concierge, PBSA and Financial & Accounting Services, operating in London and throughout the UK. Should you be a candidate or client working in Real Estate, we have a multitude of recruitment services that can be tailored to you.