Rent and Service Charge Officer

Sellick Partnership; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An inclusive recruitment business is seeking a Service Charge Officer in Liverpool. This hybrid position requires the officer to manage service charge budgets and handle customer queries regarding service notices. Candidates should have a minimum of 2 years in a finance role and strong IT skills are essential. This contract position offers £250 per day and aims to support finance operations within the organisation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a finance role.
• Good standard of numeracy, literacy and accuracy.
• IT skills including Excel and Word.
• Experience within a similar organisation and of service charges.
• Experience working in an accounts environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and produce accurate service charge budgets.
• Ensure service charge budgets align with overall budget setting.
• Support the Financial Accounting Team with annual service charge notices.
• Deal with customer queries on service charge notices.
• Prepare accurate statements of accounts for service charges.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

IT skills (Excel, Word)

Experience with service charges

Accounting environment

Education

AAT qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Service Charge Officer

Contract - 3 months

Liverpool

Hybrid

£250 per day

Service Charge Officer required for one of our not for profit organisations based in Liverpool. The Service Charge Officer will manage the weekly and monthly income accounting process for service charges, and provide key input into the budget setting process for service charges and the issuing of service charge notices to customers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and produce accurate service charge budgets, in conjunction with the Budget Holders and operational service contract managers.
• Ensure the output from the service charge budgets feeds into the overall budget setting process for the organisation, and review the reasonableness of proposed budgets for non-contract related charges against actual.
• Support the Financial Accounting Team with compiling and issuing annual service charge notices as part of the overall rent plan exercise.
• Deal with queries from customers in relation to service charge notices, including providing evidence in support of services charged or explanations of service charge schedules.
• Prepare accurate statement of accounts for Leaseholder and General Needs service charges and maintain ring-fenced sinking fund or cyclical fund accounts, including provision for future replacements of service chargeable components.

Knowledge & Skills

• Ideally AAT qualified or a minimum of 2 years experience in a finance role.
• Good standard of numeracy, literacy and accuracy.
• IT skills, including Excel spreadsheets & Word.
• Experience within a similar organisation and of service charges.
• Experience working in an accounts environment and with financial systems.

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