Service Charge Accountants

Service Charge Accountants

Posted Today by Deloitte

Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London

Summary: The role of Service Charge Accountant involves reconciling large and complex data sets for commercial and residential portfolios in London. The position focuses on ensuring data integrity and reconciliation rather than fraud detection, with responsibilities including reviewing historical service charge accounts and embedding a new budget process. The role requires significant attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure. The position offers flexibility in working arrangements, allowing for on-site or remote work depending on the candidate's location.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Complete reconciliation of large and complex data sets for commercial and residential portfolios.
  • Identify, extract, categorise, and reconcile transactions across various systems.
  • Review data from the past 3 years to reconcile service charge accounts.
  • Calculate balances for each tenant and summarise findings for client review.
  • Assist in embedding a new service charge budget process into the London portfolio.

Key Skills:

  • Experience performing service charge reconciliations.
  • Familiarity with reviewing general ledgers, lease documentation, invoices, and lease management database records.
  • Significant attention to detail.
  • Ability to work in a time-pressured environment.

Salary (Rate): £275 daily

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:
Service Charge Accountants Our client is seeking resources to complete the reconciliation of large and complex data sets for their London commercial and residential portfolios across systems such as property management accounts, general ledgers, and bank statements. Their process is designed to identify, extract, categorise, and reconcile transactions, highlighting discrepancies and providing management with clear outputs for review. The scope will focus on data integrity and reconciliation, not on fraud detection. Start Date: 26th January 2026 End Date: 31st March 2026 - likely to extend Daily Rate: 275 Hours: Full time – Monday to Friday London - on-site 2-3 days per week OR fully remote if you live outside of London, however, training onsite in London Role Overview Scope – Client is looking for assistance to complete historic service charge reconciliations and complete the embedding of a new service charge budget process into our London portfolio. Individuals will be reviewing data from the past 3 years to reconcile service charge accounts, then calculating the balance for each tenant and working to summarise this to the client. Experienced Service Charge Accountants Experience performing Service Charge reconciliations You will need to have familiarity with reviewing general ledgers, lease documentation, invoices, and other lease management database records Significant attention to detail Ability to work in a time-pressured environment