Rent & Service Charge Accountant

Vacancy Salary £39,900

Vacancy Location Liverpool

Contract Type Permanent

The Vacancy

Annual salary of £39,900 (FTE)
Permanent role
Full-time (35 hours), part-time and flexible working patterns available
Liverpool city centre office base, opportunities for agile/home working

Proposed Interview Date: W/C 19th February

The role

Come and join a dynamic team as a Rent & Service Charge Accountant at a Liverpool based Housing Association. We're on the lookout for an enthusiastic individual who's ready to take on the challenge of supporting our team to deliver an excellent rent and service charge delivery to the business and our customers.

In this role:

You'll collaborate with the Service Charge team to meticulously prepare service charge budgets and accounts, ensuring compliance with regulations and service level agreements.
Complete month end processes within timescale set by the business.
You’ll play a key role in providing comprehensive reporting and analysis, while championing exceptional customer service and maintaining strong communication with our contract managers, wider finance and regional teams.

Your responsibilities will also include playing a key role for costs in your area through annual budget planning, managing reconciliations, and taking charge of any complex service charge queries that may arise.

The right fit

Your expertise in this area and strong communication skills will be instrumental in fostering a customer-centric environment and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
To excel in this role, you'll need to demonstrate a keen eye for detail, excellent problem-solving abilities, and a knack for presenting financial information in a clear and concise manner. Proficiency in Excel will be crucial for success in this position.
If you're a qualified, part-qualified accountant or even can demonstrate you are qualified by experience with a background in Rents and / or service charges and have a passion for driving positive change, then we want to hear from you! Join us in delivering exceptional service and making a real impact.

Who we are

Regenda Homes is an award-winning Registered Social Housing provider with around 12,000 homes in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire. We provide additional support to residents including finding work, money advice or dealing with anti-social behaviour. We work in partnership with residents to scrutinise services and make sure we perform to a high standard.

Regenda Homes is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

Next steps

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you’ve got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our People Services team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

Regenda Homes really is a great place to work – and you don’t have to just take our word for it! We’re an accredited Best Companies Top 100 employer and have achieved Investors in People Gold status.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people’s lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

A range of flexible working options.
27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
6 additional days for volunteering.
Up to 9% employer’s contribution to the pension scheme (match funded).
£250 annual ‘Live and Learn’ allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives.
A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
Monthly staff lottery scheme.

"We regenerate places and create opportunities for people"

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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