Rent & Service Charge Accountant

Location: Chester (Hybrid)

Salary: £36,000

Sector: Housing

Job Purpose:

• To process and deliver accurate service charge information for customers in accordance with legislation, group policy and procedures, and best practice.
• Act as first point of contact for all complex queries relating to service charges and rents.
• To assist the Finance Manager with compliance work to ensure we comply with the Rent Standard.
• Provide support to both finance and non-finance colleagues in their understanding of service charges.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide accurate service charge accounting for all service charge payers.
• Prepare service charge budgets in line with the Association's budget setting procedure and timetable.
• Prepare and send information to different service charge payers.
• Maintain the housing management system for any transactions relating to service charge recovery and refund.
• Maintain a database of service charge costs to enable the periodic service charge review to be completed accurately.
• Responsible for fair rent database and registration bi-annually of fair rents within your remit.
• Managing and maintaining the accuracy of financial information to ensure regulatory and statutory compliance
• To be responsible for the annual service charge reviews for your remit.

Person Specification

• AAT Qualified or qualified by experience in a similar position
• Ability to demonstrate working with large volumes of numerical data
• Experience of working within the social housing sector
• Knowledge of best practice in relation to service charges and rent setting.

Benefits

• 35 hour working week
• Generous annual leave allowance (25 days increasing to 28 after 4 years' service)
• Flexible/agile working
• Enhanced maternity, adoption & paternity pay
• Ability to accrue 13 additional days off per year through flexi time
• Sponsorship towards professional qualifications
• SHPS Pension Schemes
• Payment of subscription to professional body
• Staff Activity Fund
• Free Car Parking
• Match Funding
• Volunteering

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