Rent & Service Charge Officer (Accountant)

Location: Ashington or Durham.

Salary: £30,000 to £34,247 per annum

Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 12-Noon Friday 4th July 2025.

Role Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full time employees; pro-rata to part time employees.
• Working from home up to 2 days per week, if relevant to the role.
• Health cash plan membership to save money by claiming cash back over £1000 each year towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and more.
• Costs covered for including dependent children in the scheme up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education.
• Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary.

This role will involve:

• Preparation and management of the Groups rent plan
• Production of service charge budgets, forecasting and accounts
• Supporting the introduction and maintenance of a new service charge system
• Support continuous improvement and delivery of value for money across the service

Your Experience:

• A good standard of education, including GCSEs.
• IT and data analysis skills, including intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• An ability to deliver a high level of detail and accuracy, with strong problem solving, organisational and administrative skills.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, able to deliver outstanding customer service.
• Experience in social housing rents and service charge accounting, experience of system implementation and a sound understanding of accounting procedures is beneficial.
• Desirable to be studying towards a professionally recognised accounting qualification.

About us:

We are all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that. We have built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We are one of the North East's largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers. Everything about Bernicia is people focused, which is why we have held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010. We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique Bernicia Way culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.

Please note you may be required to drive for business, if this forms a requirement of the role. If this is required, you will be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.

For more information regarding this role, please contact: Emma Bell on 0191 238 3278.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.

The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia.