We are delighted to be representing a Social Housing organisation based in South East England, who are looking to appoint a new Rent & Service Charge Officer on a initial three month interim assignment.
This will be a full-time position offering hybrid working and are offering a competitive hourly rate.
The client is looking for previous experience of rent and service charge processes and basic accounting principles.
Duties will include (but are not limited to):
- Carrying out the rent modelling & setting of new rents and service charges
- Preparing and sending rent & service charges notification to all residents
- Ensuring that leasehold management and service charges are applied accurately and within terms of the leases and current legislation
- Ensuring that annual statements issued to leaseholders within statutory time limits
- Responsible for annual external service charge audit
- Setting and monitoring rent & service charge income budgets and budgets for all other income including reconciliations of income accounts and income related balance sheet accounts
- Dealing with queries regarding service charges
- Liaising with property services on recharging for major works and provide information as required for S20s
- Calculating final charges for freehold reversions
- Overseeing all sinking funds and advise property services
Experience and skills required:
- Prior experience of dealing with rent and service charge processes
- Solid understanding of basic accounting principles
- Thorough understanding of Landlord and Tenant legislation and best practice for setting of fixed and variable service charges
- Ability to organise own workload and meet challenging deadlines, often in the face of competing priorities, with minimal supervision
Rewards and Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Attractive work setting
Working hou rs:
- 35 hours per week
- Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
- Hybrid working
Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.
James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.
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