Job description
Senior Service Charge Accountant / Analyst - Hertford - £excellent

We’re working with a long established, independent managing agent based in Hertfordshire which manages a wide variety of blocks for diverse clients across London and the Home Counties.

As a medium sized, friendly firm with ambitions to grow and an impressive pipeline of new business instructions, they now seek to appoint a Senior Service Charge Accountant as follows:
• Working Mon-Fri 9-5.30 from an office base in Hertford
• Using QUBE to undertake a wide ranging and influential accounts role liaising with all internal teams (reporting to the Financial Controller) as required
• In addition to having excellent QUBE experience, you will have good all round system skills including Excel, Microsoft Office and ideally (but not essentially) Quick books desktop.
• Double entry bookkeeping
• Review ledgers for consistency and quality, before and after review by the responsible PM.
• Identify, calculate and enter accruals, prepayment and adjustment journals.
• Prepare regular and ad hoc financial management reports including budget versus actual reports in a timely manner for the property managers and clients. Help the PM’s analyse and explain variances.
• Reconciliation of supplier accounts
• Preparation and checking of year end accounts ready for audit
• Ensuring the service charge accounts team are effective and productive, including mentoring and training of existing and new staff. Develop their skills and implement process changes to improve productivity & control. Certify and document processes.
• Any and all other related accounting duties in support of the business, its clients and related regulatory requirements
• Full or part qualified AAT, ACCA, ACA, CIMA desirable but not essential - study for such will be encouraged and funded in-post.

This Service Charge role will suit an experienced Service Charge Accountant looking to expand their service charge accounts skills working for a small / medium size enterprise which will offer them the opportunity to get involved in all areas of the service charge accounts and decision making around processes. If you are tired of being a small cog in a large machine then this may be the role for you, offering personal growth and career opportunity.

Salary for the successful Service Charge Accountant is negotiable but highly competitive so if you would like to find out more or express an interest, please apply now for immediate consideration and further info