Rent and Property Services Accountant

Butler Rose Ltd; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employer in Plymouth is seeking a Rent and Property Services Accountant to ensure compliance with rent setting policies and regulations. The successful candidate will have strong spreadsheet skills, experience in accounting principles, and will manage rent forecasts and regulatory filings. This permanent role offers hybrid working and the opportunity to join a supportive team with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Great workplace culture

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of management/statutory accounts.
• Experience in budget setting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set accurate rents compliant with government policies.
• Maintain operational rents model for 5 years.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory filing requirements.
• Support on annual service charge certification.

Skills

Excellent spreadsheet skills

Ability to analyse data

Understanding of accounting principles

Experience with double entry bookkeeping

Job description

Butler Rose is working with a leading employer in Plymouth to recruit a Rent and Property Services Accountant. This is a permanent role that offers hybrid working.

Reporting into the Financial Controller and working within a friendly and supportive team, key duties of this role will include:

• Taking ownership for setting accurate rents for all tenure types and are compliant with government rent setting policies and directions from the Regulator of Social Housing, such as the Rent Standard.
• Maintain an operational rents model showing current and projected rents for the next 5 years.
• Ensure that all regulatory filing requirements are completed within the annual cycles.
• Ensure the company is legally and regulatory compliant, including staying up to date with current legislation and regulations; implementing changes where required.
• Undertake Rent Control Account reconciliation.
• Work collaboratively with a range of internal stakeholders in finance and non-finance
• Ensure that policies and procedures for service charges are documented and regularly updated
• Liaise with & deal with Internal & External audit queries including supporting on the Annual Service Charge Certification.

The successful candidate will have excellent spreadsheet skills and the ability to analyse data and information from multiple sources. You will have a sound understanding of accounting principles including double entry bookkeeping, management/statutory accounts and budget setting.

On offer is the opportunity to work for an organisation with a great culture and a competitive salary and benefits package.

If you are interested in this Rent and Property Services Accountant role in Plymouth, please contact Gareth Dagger at Butler Rose Accountancy & Finance Recruitment ASAP.

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Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.