Senior Service Charge Accountant

Advert Closes: Sunday 29th November  Are you detail-oriented and confident working with complex financial data? We’re looking for a Senior Service Charge Accountant to join our team and play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant service charge accounts across a diverse property portfolio. What you’ll be doing: * Overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Service Charge team, ensuring accuracy and consistency in all outputs * Managing and reviewing live service charge working files and trackers * Preparing annual service charge reconciliations in line with RICS guidelines and lease terms * Supporting quarterly actual vs. budget reviews and advising on forward funding concerns * Collaborating with property managers to resolve financial queries and explain variances * Producing weekly reports and supporting internal and external audits * Leading on accruals, prepayments, and journal adjustments related to service charge activity What you’ll bring: * Extensive experience in service charge accounting across commercial and/or residential property * Great understanding of RICS Service Charge Code and lease compliance * Proficiency in property management systems such as Horizon or Voyager (or similar) * Excellent analytical and reporting skills with a high level of attention to detail * Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment * Experience leading or mentoring a team * Confident communicator who can collaborate effectively with stakeholders across finance and property teams * A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement What we offer: * A collaborative and inclusive team culture * Opportunities for professional development and career progression * A role where your work directly supports operational and financial performance * Competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible working, enhanced family policies, private healthcare, and generous holiday allowance Our Offering / benefits: As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work. Disability Disclaimer: We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity. If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk [careers@thecrownestate.co.uk]