Property/Service Charge Accountant
- Recruiter
- Axon Moore LTD
- Location
- Manchester
- Salary
- £35000 - £45000 per annum, Benefits: plus excellent benefits and study support
- Posted
- 06 Dec 2022
- Closes
- 13 Dec 2022
- Ref
- HB36808PSC
- Contact
- Harriett Busby
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Property / Housing
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Axon Moore are working with a well-established business operating across the UK to appoint an experienced Property Accountant to look after part of their portfolio covering commercial sectors, including retail, offices, industrial and mixed-use development sites.
The role will hold responsibility for the service charge reporting, budgeting and reconciliation for a portfolio of commercial and private properties. The team is growing! You will join a team of 4 Property Accountants, working within a larger team in Finance.
Salary and benefits:
Salary - £35,000 - £45,000 DOE plus study support, 25 days holiday plus banks, 5% pension, private medical insurance and cash-plan hybrid working, 3 x Life Assurance, city centre location with hybrid working 2 days from home.
Responsibilities include:
The role will hold responsibility for the service charge reporting, budgeting and reconciliation for a portfolio of commercial and private properties. The team is growing! You will join a team of 4 Property Accountants, working within a larger team in Finance.
Salary and benefits:
Salary - £35,000 - £45,000 DOE plus study support, 25 days holiday plus banks, 5% pension, private medical insurance and cash-plan hybrid working, 3 x Life Assurance, city centre location with hybrid working 2 days from home.
Responsibilities include:
- Review and approve expenditure coding for accuracy prior to posting into QUBE as final sign off for property
- Producing Budget Vs. Expenditure Reports and presenting to AM and PM for discussion on quarterly basis
- Prepare service charge accounts and associated schedules for auditors and deal with any queries
- Resolving any third party property queries in a timely manner
- Calculating service charge caps
- Close down the service charge period and raising of balancing credits/charges
- Update QUBE with final budgets and apportionments
- Produce tenant apportionment summaries and create periodic charges
- Raise monthly/quarterly rent and service charge demands
- Calculate and raise turnover rent demands
- Raising of recharge invoices to tenant
- Take responsibility for outstanding debt and chasing PM/AM for outcome.
- Weekly bank reconciliations and produce summary of cash balances
- Month end routine.
- Recharging insurance to tenants
- Ad-hoc charges
- Liaising with client and sending reports as per agreed terms
- Forecasting service charge funding requirements
- Assisting in Transfer of funds from and to landlord
- Experience in property accounting and service charge reporting
- Experience using MRI QUBE would be beneficial
- Strong knowledge of excel, being able to manipulate data (vlookups, pivot tables etc)
- Positive attitude and desire to develop professionally
- Demonstrable high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- Real estate management awareness and industry knowledge
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate accuracy and pay attention to detail
- Work in a mature, courteous and professional manner
- Positive approach, committed, reliable and happy to support fellow team members.