Service Charge Accountant
Location - Surrey/West Sussex
£40 - £45K
Flexible working
The role: Oversee and manage a portfolio of residential property service charge accounts using the Qube property management system.
Duties:
- Assisting property managers in preparation of service charge budgets and implementing into Qube PM
- Raise and issue billing to leaseholders
- Monitoring and checking expenditure against budgets throughout year, monitoring cash flow
- Monthly bank account reconciliations
- Raising and sending service charge and ground rent invoices - monthly & Quarterly
- Assisting property manager with budgets
- Year End - Preparing and reconciling accounts ready to go to external accountants including accruals and prepayments
- Outgoing properties - processing reports, handover information and funds
- Process accounting data using both Qube PM software and others (EXCEL etc.)
- Reports preparation including budgets, year end, arrears and others as required
- Ensuring compliance with internal accounting, legal and RICS regulations.
- Answer financial queries from residents and confidence to challenge
- Supporting the wider team, answering general queries, taking messages
- Any other client or service charge accounting duties as required
Requirements:
- 2-3 years experience of service charge accounting experience in commercial or residential
- Service Charge budgets/accounts preparation experience.
- Experience of using Qube MRI
- Excellent written skills
Why should you work for this company?
- Small and friendly but with lots of room for progression if needed
- The chance to work on an interesting portfolio
Interview process:
- Two stage process
- 1st stage on Teams/Zoom
- 2nd stage held face to face in the office
If you would like further information on this opportunity please apply online with your updated CV
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