Service Charge Accounts Assistant

We're recruiting for a Service Charge Accounts Assistant to join a busy property management business. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone with experience in property accounts, service charge accounting, or a similar finance role within commercial or residential property.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting the property team with annual service charge budgets and forecasts, including cost breakdowns and budget schedules.
• Reconciling service charge expenditure and income, making sure costs are allocated to the correct schedules.
• Working with property managers to monitor spend against agreed budgets.
• Supporting the year-end accounts sign-off process with RMC Directors.
• Handling client and leaseholder accounting queries in a clear and professional way.
• Helping to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry guidance, including RICS Service Charge Professional Standards.
• Setting up financial information on the system following handover from previous agents or developers, ensuring opening and closing balances are accurate.
• Raising queries with previous agents or developers to obtain missing information, documentation, and clarification where needed.

What we're looking for:

• Experience within property accounting, service charge accounting, or a closely related finance role.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with reconciliations, schedules, and financial data.
• A good understanding of service charge accounting principles.
• Experience using property management software such as Qube, or a similar system.
• Accounting qualifications would be beneficial but are not essential; TPI qualifications would be a strong advantage.
• Excellent attention to detail, strong reconciliation skills, and the confidence to follow things through properly.

Why this role?

This is a role where accuracy genuinely matters. You'll be part of a business where service charge accounts need to be right, properly reconciled, and clearly communicated. If you enjoy detail, like bringing order to financial information, and want a role where your work supports property managers, directors and residents, this could be a strong fit.

Interested?

If you have service charge, property accounts, or property finance experience and you're looking for a role where detail and accuracy are properly valued, we'd be happy to have a conversation.

Please note, due to the high volumes of applications we receive daily, should you not be contacted within 72 hours, your application is unsuccessful. Thank you.