Rent & Service Charge Accountant

Rent & Service Charge Accountant

Macclesfield - Agile

£43,000 per annum

Full Time - 37 hours per week

Permanent

We’re a housing provider in Macclesfield with over 5,000 properties across East Cheshire and the surrounding areas. We’re ambitious with plans to build more homes, regenerate local areas and invest in our properties. We provide housing to those in housing need and aim to be a great landlord for our customers.

Working as part of the Finance team, you will be responsible for the service charges and sinking funds across the organisation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, preparation of budgets and monitoring performance. Involved in designing and developing our systems and processes you will increase recovery of costs and improve the integrity of the service charges and sinking funds. You will also prepare the annual rent plan to ensure the correct calculation and setting of rents. By providing support, insight, analysis and reports to finance and operational colleagues you will drive improvement of rent, service charges and sinking fund management across the business.

We can offer you:

• A minimum of 28 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• A great pension scheme that’s designed to suit your needs

• Agile working - providing flexibility of working hours.

• Access to our Health Cash Plan

• Training and development. Let us know where you want to get to and we’ll help you get there.

• A focus on your wellbeing including health MOTs and events.

• A state of the art modern office with a friendly working environment

You will hold, or be working towards, a recognised Accountancy qualification from CIMA, ACCA or ACA or have significant previous experience of working in a similar role or level.

We are looking for someone with experience of service charge calculations, account production and budgeting, as well as experience of implementing change to improve systems and processes. You will also have excellent communication, problem solving skills and team working skills. Advanced IT Skills, including Microsoft Excel are also essential.

Our values are at the core of everything we do, so we are looking for someone who’s values match ours and will embed these too!

We value our people and care about our customers. It’s an exciting time to join the Trust as we grow from strength to strength. Apply now!

Closing date: Sunday 3rd November

Interview date: Wednesday 13th November