Rent and Service Charge Accountant

Reporting to the Financial Controller at Phoenix, this role is responsible for the annual rent increase process, ensuring compliance with legislation, regulation, policy and best practice.

You will proactively manage the process of setting rent and service charges in collaboration with other teams and colleagues so good interpersonal skills are vital for this role.

If you have substantial experience in designing and implementing financial controls, particularly in a social housing context, this will be an ideal opportunity.

We are looking for someone who can bring us their ability to analyse financial information, make informed financial decisions, and appraise and manage risk so you ideally should have rent accounting skills especially in the social housing sector.

You should have a relevant qualification to be considered for the role.

 Interviews are scheduled to take place in the week of 2 June 2025.

 About Phoenix Community Housing

Phoenix is a housing organisation with a difference. We’re led by our residents, with a tenant as our Chair and with residents as the largest group on our Board. Some housing associations talk about resident involvement. We live and breathe it every day. We believe this is our core strength and it’s helped us achieve a wide range of accolades and awards. 

We’re based in south Lewisham, London, and are proud to be building new homes in our area. We’ve grown as a housing association, taking on the management of 1,500 more homes in late 2021 to bring our total number of homes to around 7,800.

Our new Corporate Plan will help us deliver on our vision of ‘together building a better future for our Phoenix Community’, supported by strategies to refresh our approach to resident involvement, customer service, sustainability and ensuring that all residents can enjoy good quality, safe and affordable homes.

Our big ambitions apply to our staff too. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package, including our wellbeing programme, comprehensive learning and development and a culture of employee involvement.

If you think you’re the right person to help us make the next stage of our journey, then we’d love to hear from you. We strongly believe in a work-life balance so we’d be pleased to talk about part-time flexible working and job sharing options. 

Phoenix is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.