Service Charge Accountant - Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Qube Leasehold Property Management Limited
Description
Job Title:
Service Charge Accountant
Location:
Stotfold
Salary:
£35,000 - £40,000 depending on experience
Job type:
Full Time - Permanent
About us:
We are a successful Property Management company with a portfolio of prime and super prime properties in central London. Our admin and accounting functions are undertaken at our office in Stotfold, Bedfordshire.
Leading a small team, you will report to the Operations and Office Manager.
Applicants must have a proven track record of service charge accounts & finance work and have had experience of managing fellow staff members.
Key duties include but are not limited to:
- Prepare and finalise the service charge accounts up to and including Trial Balances.
- Liaise with external auditors and provide annual service charge pack and supporting documentation for audit.
- Ensure auditor queries responded to promptly.
- Ensure balancing charges reconciled and demanded/credited accordingly.
- Liaise with property manager and ensure year end accounts are distributed to leaseholders.
- Identify any potential future cashflow difficulties to Client accounts and ensure cash balances and future pinch points reported to property manager and debt recovery team member.
- Liaise with Property Managers to ensure budgets for the next period are completed and distributed in line with company policy/contractual obligation.
- Ensure accurate expenditure figures are provided for the estimated year to date alongside the budgets as a comparison tool.
- Provide quarterly financial reports for the relevant managers.
- Provide regular Client report as per contractual obligations.
- Provide VAT returns for part elected VAT properties to Client.
- Ability to motivate team members and ensure their tasks are completed as expected.
- Attend Client meetings as necessary.
Essential skills required:
- Excellent understanding of service charge accounting
- Management skills and experience to ensure reportees are meeting their goals and are mentored accordingly.
- Sound working knowledge of Excel and ideally Qube MRI software.
- Ideally, ACA/ACCA part or full qualified
Desirable skills required:
- Good understanding of RICS/ARMA guidelines
- Good communication skills with colleagues, lessees and clients
- Well organised and able to keep to strict timelines.
Benefits included:
- 20 Days Holiday + Public Holidays
- Additional holiday after 2 years and 5 years service
- Pension
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