Service Charge Accountant. OUR CLIENT are a leading and constantly growing property business managing a range of properties across London and the South East. They are now looking for a Service Charge Accountant to join their prestigious Block and Portfolio Management Accounts team. Reporting to the Senior Portfolio Accountant & Portfolio Account Director, the role will manage a client portfolio and take ownership of the process from start to finish.
THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES for the Service Charge Accountant will include:
- Assisting the block manager with the preparation of the annual service charge budget and ten year maintenance plan for the clients.
- Checking coding and authorising clients' supplier invoices on a daily basis.
- Reconciling and checking all clients/Properties quarterly financial reports and balances.
- Assisting with the preparation of employees P11d forms.
- Preparing ground rent reports for freeholders/clients and requesting the transfer of funds due.
- Preparing any required monthly client reporting for the portfolio, these could be computer generated reports or bespoke excel reports.
- Conducting year-end procedures - preparing clients year-end paperwork, including preparing trial balance reports, preparing year-end income and expenditure reports, and preparing section 20b Notices.
- Playing a key part in the client retention plans by working with the clients with a focus on long term relationship building.
THE PERSON and SKILLS REQUIREMENTS for the Service Charge Accountant:
- Experienced Client/Service Charge Accountant and having worked in a similar role.
- Experience in effectively managing a block management client portfolio.
- Exceptional communication skills as this is a client facing role.
BENEFITS:
- Hybrid working 3 days WFH after settling in period.
- Healthcare insurance (Travel dental, Life, etc.).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Study support for professional qualification.
- Complementary mortgage service arrangement.
- Additional earning potential, commission.
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