Exciting Opportunity for an Experienced Rent Income Officer to join a Team in Redhill Permanently.

Client Details

Exciting Opportunity for an Experienced Rent Income Officer to join a Team in Redhill Permanently.

Description

Responsible for management of rental income to ensure accuracy of rent accounts and service user information held on the rent management database
To process rent and payments received on the housing management system in order to achieve rent collection and arrears targets.
Ensure all debts are pursued with the resident and local authorities ensuring all actions are recorded and payment plans are agreed with the resident.
Effectively implement the rent arrears procedure to ensure warnings and eviction notices are served in a timely manner and in accordance with legal procedures
Pass to Finance colleagues all requests for relevant council tax payments from local authorities
Ensure receipts from the council are correctly allocated between rent accounts
Input bank credits to match bank receipts from finance and posting onto the system
Work closely with the Head of Finance and support them with the month end reconciliation of receipts and arrears balance
Run monthly rent reports as directed by Head of Housing and Head of Finance
Work closely with the Finance Officer (income) in relation to any queries about rent charged and payments received.

Profile

Knowledge and experience of workings of supported housing, social housing, and the private rented sector
Accurately reconciling data and other financial information
Understanding of working within Equal Opportunities and diversity issues.
Understand rental housing processes.
Working with a computerised rent/payment database and other IT packages
Demonstrable experience of processing rent income and payments on a housing management system
Demonstrable experience of tenancy enforcement measures regarding rent non-payment
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
To be a team player and to contribute to team practice
Ability to use own initiative and be a good problem solver
Able to manage time effectively and prioritise conflicting demands for self and others.
Good presentation skills, able to present effectively and professionally to other agencies.
May be working towards an accountancy degree

Job Offer

Rent Income Officer

Rent Income Officer

Tax Assistant - Full time or Part time!