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SalaryWe are looking for an Assistant Service Charge Accountant to join our team, until July 2025.
This is a fantastic time to join us on our transformation journey to provide a truly modern finance function and help us build a better future in affordable homes, services, and communities.
This is a varied opportunity where you will interrogate ledger transactions to provide detailed financial accounting information related to service charge costs to the Service Charge team in alignment with the policy and apportionment structures. This will include producing month-end journals, assisting in preparing Service Charge budgets and working with large sets of data. You will also work closely with and liaise with budget holders and the wider finance team.
Some of the things we are looking for:
Qualified to AAT Level 2 or equivalent
Experience of interpreting information, carrying out research, analysing complex data, appraising performance, and managing risk
Have excellent ICT skills (Word, Excel, Cloud technologies)
Experience of providing data and information to challenging deadlines
Experience of providing an excellent customer driven service
Have good problem solving and decision-making skills and be confident in asking the right questions
At least one years’ experience in Service Charges or accounting in a large and complex organisation with substantial budgets is considered beneficial
Some of our great benefits include:
Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
Learning and Development opportunities
Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
A full copy of the Job Description is attached to the advert (viewable from our careers page). Should you require any further information please contact Alex Snewing (Senior Finance Business Partner) via email: Alex.Snewing@platformhg.com
We aim to hold virtual interviews for this role during the week of 4th March 2024 and will contact you to arrange a suitable time.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
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