Rent & Service Charge Accountant

A permanent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and qualified accountant to join this Local Government finance team as the Rent and Service Charge Accountant. Reporting into the Housing Finance Manager you role will be responsible for taking the lead on the setting of rents for Social Housing Tenants, temporary accommodation, and other categories of potential Tenants, ensuring full compliance with government rent setting policies and directions from the Regulator of Social Housing, such as the Rent Standard. You will also prepare all Service Charge estimates for HRA social housing tenants, Low-Cost Home Ownership leaseholders and outright full Leaseholders and then issues accurate and complete service charge estimates for Leaseholders before the commencement of the service charge year and lead on and complete the actual service charge procedure, including the issuing of annual certified service charge certificates and statement of affairs for Leaseholders.

To be considered for the role you will need to be a CCAB qualified accountant or studier with previous experience in a housing, HRA or rent and service charge role in a Local Government setting. You will also need to show evidence that you can explain complicated and technical information in a manner that can be understood by others with different levels of knowledge on the subject using multiple tools.

This is a permanent position with 1 day a week in the office and paying a salary range of £46,731 to £50,788.