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A dynamic, modern Estate Agency is seeking a focused and experienced Service Charge Accountant to join their recently refurbished office based in Edgware.

The Service Charge Accountant Role

The incoming Service Charge Accountant will join a friendly finance team specialising in a variety of services including Residential Sales, Lettings, Commercial, Block Management and Property Management.

This role would suit a professional, personable Service Charge Accountant looking to join a flexible and friendly team with an enviable company culture. This is evident in the firms long-standing employees, comprising of a dynamic team of 28, at various levels. They are well known in the industry for being professional and delivering high quality work, with positive testimonials to prove this.

Whilst this is a self employed role, it is not zero hours and would suit someone looking for stable, long term work in a full time role.

The successful service charge account will be responsible for:

Preparing income and expenditure reports and client reports
Liaising with external accountant resolve queries
Ensuring that all reconciliations are prepared in a timely manner in accordance with the RICS code
Assisting the Property Manager with budget review
Ensuring year end service charge accounts are completed on schedule
Liaising with clients, tenants, suppliers and resolve queries
Assisting annual audits
Collecting service charge arrears
Preparing bank reconciliations
Setting up new properties on the system and handovers
Ad hoc projects within accounts teamThe Service Charge Accountant

Desired experience:

3+ years experience working within high street estate agents ideally
AAT Degree is highly desirable but not essential
Use of a large property management system
Cash reconciliation experience
Previous experience of using Qube is desirable
Good knowledge of Excel
Impeccable written and spoken English
Must be able to work full timeIn Return?

The company is happy to discuss individual requirements based on experience but are looking to offer:

£30,000-£40,000 (negotiable)
Monday - Friday
Working hours: 8.45am-6pm (Not zero hour contract)
Self-employed pay structure (to be discussed at interview)
Yearly pay reviews
Holiday bonus of 28 days including holidays
Private and comfortable office for accountantsIf you are a well-rounded Service Charge Accountant seeking a new opportunity, please contact Gemma Hughes at Brandon James.

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Ref: GH18876

Service Charge Accountant / Accounting / Accountant / Property Consultancy /Self-Employed / Property and Lettings / RICS Code / Qube