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Senior Service Charge Accountant

Employer
Catalyst Housing Limited
Location
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Salary
Up to 40000 UKP per year
Closing date
18 Aug 2022

Job Details



We’re looking for a Senior Service Charge Accountant who will lead on the analysis and review of service charge costs across the Group to maximise recovery of costs. Ensure timely and accurate charging of service charges across all tenure types.





About us





We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations, a member of the G15 group of London’s largest housing associations, with 34,000 homes and 1,200 employees in London and the Home Counties.





We're at a particularly exciting point in our story, as Catalyst joined the Peabody Group as a subsidiary on 1 April 2022, before fully merging in April 2023. The new organisation will be responsible for 104,000 homes, with 220,000 residents across London and the South East of England. By joining together, we’ll go further and faster with our plans to improve our services, invest in our homes and communities and create innovative solutions to the challenges of carbon consumption and building safety.







Our purpose





We will continue to create and maintain great homes, whilst delivering excellent service to customers every day. We offer a wide range of housing solutions and opportunities for our diverse range of customer needs and requirements including, rent, part ownership or purchase. In doing so, we build more than homes – we build communities.





We will also be able to create great opportunities for our colleagues to develop their careers within our business, and diversity and inclusion and learning and development will continue to be priorities for the new organisation.





What we’re looking for:






  • Are you experienced with setting of budgets, reviewing actual costs and analysing differences?

  • Do you obtain Advanced Excel skills?

  • Do you have Knowledge of QL Service Charge module?





If so, this is the perfect role for you!





We currently have a great opportunity for a Senior Service Charge Accountant to join us on a 10-month fixed term contract basis





Do you have what it takes?





To succeed in your role as a Senior Service Charge Accountant you will:






  • Work with Development, Housing and other Finance Team members to facilitate the setting of rents and service charges for new developments and at annual rent and service charge reviews.

  • Lead on rent and service charge queries from the Housing and Operational Service Charge teams ensuring that queries are responded to within the agreed timescales.

  • Have Excellent knowledge of housing legislation and practice, including rents and service charges

  • Manage the service charge budgeting and estimation systems for the Group to ensure integrity and accuracy of the calculations, rent and service charge review letters and statements.

  • Assist in the provision of rents for properties to be re-let to the Lettings teams

  • Have an excellent eye for detail and problem-solving skills







The UK has a housing problem which affects every one of us, because housing is the foundation of the society we live in. Catalyst is part of the solution and you could be too!



This role is subject to a basic DBS check.





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The benefits





We’re committed to making Catalyst a great place to work. As well as offering a positive culture we offer a competitive pay and benefits package, some of which are listed below:






  • Flexible and agile working

  • Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates

  • Up to 30 days paid annual leave

  • Two additional paid volunteering days each year




  • Learning and development programme where we invest in your personal development and training as soon as you start work with us





To find out more, take a look at our benefits page - https://careers.chg.org.uk/catalyst-benefits/





Ready to apply?





We are inspired by the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage diversity and inclusion at all levels of our organisation and are fully committed to equality of opportunity. We want to remove any barriers for people to enable them to participate equally within the recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments, please let us know and we can discuss your requirements for the recruitment process.





To be considered for the role of a Senior Service Charge Accountant please click on the ‘Apply Now’?button and submit your details along with a copy of your CV and a supporting statement.




Company

The UK has a housing problem. This affects every one of us, because housing is the foundation of the society we live in. Catalyst is part of the solution.

We are one of the UK’s leading housing associations – a member of the G15 group, with over 21,000 homes. We’re here to make a purposeful difference, providing housing solutions and opportunities for those who can’t afford a home without our help.

We offer a wide range of homes, for rent, part ownership or purchase. And by doing so, we build more than homes – we build communities.

We also work hard to be a great employer, to deliver outstanding customer service and to be a high-performance business. We are absolutely committed to our social purpose, in every part of our organisation. And we always seek to do better.

We’re a Sunday Times top 100 Best Company to Work for. We invest a lot of time and resources in our people because we know it’s our people who will drive our success.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 8832 3334
Location
Ealing Gateway
26-30 Uxbridge Road
Ealing
London
London
W5 2AU
GB

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