Peabody has an exciting opportunity for a Property Accounts Officer x3 to join our team in London. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and you will receive a salary of £32,497 per annum.
The Property Accounts Officer role:
This role will be responsible for providing property accounting (rent and service charge setting) across the entire portfolio of customers ranging from general needs to supported housing to market rents/intermediate market rents and leasehold/freehold housing. The units themselves comprise a number of sites and site types ranging from Victorian street properties to single and multiple block estates.
Responsibilities of our Property Accounts Officer:
- Ensure accurate estimation and reconciliation of service charges for existing schemes and new developments to ensure compliance with current legislation.
- Calculate rents and service charges for each agreed cycle within the development programme for review providing guidance and support to development and ensuring compliance with current legislation. This will include attending new scheme meeting and site visits.
- Calculate rent charges for existing stock ensuring these are within the rent standard and enter the new rent charges onto Bluebox and QL.
- Process rent and service charge account adjustments ensuring all necessary authorisation is received and paperwork is properly approved and saved on designated shared drive.
- Monitor information on target rents so that there is assurance that social rents are being set in line with target rents.
- Enter new rents and service charges on to all systems for new tenancies.
What we’re looking for in our Property Accounts Officer:
- At least 2 years’ experience working in a residential/commercial property and accounting environment with particular emphasis on service charge administration.
- experience of using housing management systems and financial systems (SUN, Northgate, QL and Bluebox is desirable)
- Knowledge and experience of rent and service charge processes is desirable.
- A thorough understanding of Landlord and Tenant legislation and best practise for setting of fixed and variable service charges and the application of the RSH Rent Standard ensuring we are compliant.
- Strong IT skills
- Ability to work effectively to deadlines and manage workload.
- Ability to complete a series of tasks at the same time to different deadlines.
- Educated to A level standards
Closing date and time: 24 September 2022-5.00pm.
If you feel you have the skills and experience needed to become our Property Accounts Officer please click ‘Apply’ now to be directed to our careers page and complete your application. Please monitor your emails also during this time.
Peabody is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
No agency interest