Rent Accountant
- Recruiter
- Goodman Masson Limited
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £35000 - £40000 per annum + Additional benefits
- Posted
- 24 Nov 2020
- Closes
- 01 Dec 2020
- Ref
- PESG6
- Contact
- Magella Burnett
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Property / Housing
- Experience Levels
- Part Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
An exciting opportunity presents itself in this newly-created role with a fast-growing property company! One of the leading companies in its field, this national provider with ambitious plans for continued growth is looking to add a further Rent Accountant to its team. Working alongside the existing Rent Accountant, this role also supports the Financial Controller.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Acting as internal and external liaison point for all financial entries relating to the organisation's rental housing manager, ensuring transactions are appropriately reconciled
- Reviewing service charge actuals and updating the rent ledger for correct service charge amounts to tenants annually
- Maintaining the rent ledger and taking responsibility for posting rent journals to the general ledger
- Taking ownership of Net Operating Income P&L lines, posting accruals and prepayments and reviewing accounts to ensure accuracy
- Working closely with the Management Accountant to ensure smooth running of the month end process; working closely with the Financial Controller to support the year end statutory accounts preparation
The successful candidate will:
- Have strong prior experience working in rent accounting
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbally and written
- Have advanced Excel skills (not including macros) and confidence manipulating high volumes of data
- Be working towards an accountancy qualification, or be a qualified accountant