Service Charge Accountant

Description:

Brilliantin Accountancy & Finance Recruitment are seeking to hire a newly created role: Service Charge Accountant to work on a hybrid basis (Stevenage and home) for a growing firm. They have clients who require assistance with service charge accounts and will work with the property managers to continue to nurture the good working relationship with freeholder, client, leaseholder, Property Team and accounts.

What they need:

* Prepare end of year service charge accounts within agreed timeframe, before submitting to external Accountants for review

* Produce monthly/quarterly management reports, for review with Property Managers and clients, analysing the expenditure vs budget, arrears and cashflow position, producing a summary report

* Manage the finances of the freeholder accounts, including accounts preparation, issuing of budgets, rent remittances to landlords, and VAT returns

* Monitor the general health and correctness of the service charge accounts associated with your portfolio, supporting Property Managers with relevant information

* Ensure annual service charge budgets are accurate and loaded correctly with correct apportionments

* Periodic billing of service charges, ground rent and other charges to leaseholders

* Utilities and insurance recharging to leaseholders

* Manage and record service charge and other charges from leaseholders

* Monthly bank reconciliations for client accounts

* Answering and assisting the Property Manager with client enquiries in a timely fashion

* Handle referred leaseholder service charge queries to resolution via either telephone or e-mail, or escalate to relevant Director

* Following up actions from AGM Minutes and directors meetings

What they offer:

* £35,000 - £40,000

* 23 days holiday + bank holidays

* Long service holiday awards

* Free Parking On-site

* PMI

* Referral Programme

* Birthday off

* Hybrid Working

* Pension

* Full-time, Permanent