Service Charge Accountant - Gravesend, United Kingdom - Reed Accountancy

Reed Accountancy

Verified Company

Gravesend, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Do you want to work for the biggest company in their industry?
Do you have
Service Charge and
Accounting experience?
Are you
Commercially minded?

Reed Accountancy & Finance Dartford are delighted to be working with is well-established, successful and forward-thinking company who are looking for a
Service Charge Accountant based in its
Gravesend office.

As a
Service Charge Accountant, your main responsibilities are to prepare statutory and service charge accounts for residential & commercial properties, upload service charge budgets based on agreed apportionments and totals, liaise with externalauditors as part of the audit process from start to finish and raise service charge invoices to tenants based on uploaded budgets.

Key duties include but are not limited to:

Prepare and finalise the service charge accounts to be audited externally.
Ensure excess service charge and accounts are reported to clients and tenants as appropriate.
Ensure appropriate fees are raised for the work carried out.
Liaise with Commercial Property Managers to ensure budgets for commercial properties are prepared, approved and issued to tenants in accordance with the RICS Code.
Ensure accurate expenditure figures are provided for the estimated year to date alongside the budgets as a comparison tool.

Essential skills required:

Previous experience in property service charge and accounting is essential
Excellent understanding of service charge accounting
Ability to assist current service charge accountants and share workloads
Previous experience working with client accounting software TRAMPS

Desirable skills required:

Good understanding of RICS/ARMA guidelines
Good understanding of reconciliations to a trial balance (TB)

Benefits included:

Health Care free after one year's service but can join the plan selffunded from 1st July each year.
Health Cash Plan
Employee Assistance Programme
25 Days Holiday + Public Holidays
Long Service Awards (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30+ years)
Pension
Sports & Social Committee

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual to join this great company. Do not hesitate to
apply using the link above or **contact Charlie at Reed Dartford