Assistant Service Charge Accountant

Assistant Service Charge Accountant

Location - Manchester

£26k - £30k
Excellent bonus
Enhanced holiday leave

to support the preparation, administration, and reconciliation of service charge accounts across a portfolio of commercial properties. The role will ensure accuracy and compliance, working closely with the Service Charge Manager and the successful candidate will be methodical, motivated, flexible, and adaptable, with a strong desire to build a long-term career within an established and continually growing company. Initially, the role will provide support to the Service Charge Manager in a variety of accounting and administrative tasks, with the intention that the successful candidate will progress to managing their own portfolio of properties over time.

• Assist in responding to tenant, service charge consultant, and property manager queries
• Liaise with and assist property managers, asset managers, credit control/central accounts, and external auditors
• Raise utility and ad hoc invoices to tenants and landlords
• Check periodic invoices raised in line with budgets and within service charge caps
• Process service charge expenditure, journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Ensure costs are correctly allocated to cost centres and schedules
• Prepare income and expenditure reports ready for draft reconciliation and external audit
• Produce variance reports
• Assist in finalising annual service charge reconciliations, including producing service charge tenant packs
• Carry out ad hoc duties within the property accounts/property management team

• 3 years as an Accounts Assistant or Assistant Client Accountant /Service Charge Accountant
• Prior property accounting experience preferred.
• An understanding of how to complete bank reconciliations.
• Strong Excel - understanding formulae and formatting
• Good personality with a strong work ethic.

• An excellent opportunity for growth
• Fantastic bonus potential
• Study Package available

• Two stage process
• 1st stage on Teams/Zoom
• 2nd stage held face to face in the office

If you would like further information on this opportunity please apply online with your updated CV or contact Holly Osborn or Alec Mackenzie

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