Job Title: Service Charge Accountant Location: Birmingham Salary: Up to £30,000 (Depending on experience and qualifications)
Role Overview:
Time Recruitment are seeking a diligent and detail-oriented Service Charge Accountant to join our long-standing clients service charge team based in Birmingham. The successful candidate will work within a dedicated team, preparing and finalizing reconciliations of internally certified service charge accounts to the highest standard.
Key Responsibilities: * Conduct full review of service charge expenditure, identify and correct posting errors, and post journal transfers, accruals, and prepayments as required. * Maintain the general ledger and complete reconciliations in line with the year-end for the service charge function, ensuring all imbalances are identified and corrected. * Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure accounts are completed accurately and meet accounts deadlines. * Produce balancing schedules to apportion service charge expenditure correctly, considering income billed on account, occupancy changes, and tenant caps. * Perform variance analysis and produce final reports for Property Managers' approval. * Reconcile prior agent information after new property purchases, ensuring compliance with sales contracts, and liaise with previous agents to resolve issues. * Manage the closure of final service charge reconciliations following property sales, providing closing accounts to the purchaser, resolving queries, and clearing all ledger balances. * Act as a key liaison with internal stakeholders on service charge matters, resolving tenant and client queries post-completion of service charge accounts. * Perform other ad hoc duties as required. * Develop and maintain active communication with colleagues and provide assistance to team members as needed.
Key Requirements: * Experience working within Property Accounts and a solid understanding of service charges. * Excellent communication and attention to detail * Good time management skills with the ability to hit KPI's * Proficient in Excel and Word.
Team Overview: You will be joining a dynamic team of seven, specialising in preparing and monitoring service charges across the regions, ensuring excellence in service delivery.
The Offer: * Competitive salary up to £30,000 depending on experience and qualifications. * A supportive and collaborative team environment. * Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Time Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.