Resident Charges Accountant

Our client is one of the UK's leading providers of care and housing services for older people.  They are committed to promoting independence and choice, and they’re looking for someone to help them make a very real difference to the services they offer their customers, and to their quality of life.

Within the role of Resident Charges Accountant, you will be responsible for all aspects of resident’s charges accounting including assisting in setting budgets and forecast, setting charges for the next financial year, identifying and implementing process improvements and supporting the Resident Charges Analysts to ensure Rent and Service Charges are correctly accounted for.

To be considered for this role in brief you will need:

• To be a qualified or finalist (2/3 exams remaining) ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA finance professional with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Relevant service charge experience within a Housing Association or property management
• Extensive management and financial accounting skills gained in a finance role within a large and/ or complex organisation
• Experience in undertaking month end routines involving manual processing and preparation routines
• Experience of successfully operating within a regulated context and ensuring that processes and systems meet the requirements of the regulator
• Advanced Excel user with knowledge of formulas and pivots with experience handling large volumes of data

If along with the above, you lead from the front and act as a role model for professional standards and customer service and are genuinely passionate about achieving and sustaining service excellence we would love to hear from you.

As an employee you will receive, a clear Induction pathway and training, Career progression, a 35 hours full time equivalent working week, 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

You will also be eligible to join the pension scheme, receive Income protection, Life Cover and you may join one of their many salary sacrifice schemes they currently have available.

Closing date: Wednesday 8th May

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.