Service Charge Administrator

We have an exciting 9-month fixed-term opportunity for you to join Eastlight's Finance team as a Service Charge Administrator! In this role, you will support the finance team, particularly the Rent and Service Charges Accountant with day-to-day tasks, preparation of SC estimates and actuals, managing service charge inbox, raising purchase orders, providing support to ensure the correct coding of expenditure, and other administrative duties. Our successful Service Charge Administrator will:

• Monitor and administer any void and development scheme utility bills, to ensure that invoices provided by suppliers correctly reflect Eastlight's liability
• Reconciliation of high-volume data.
• Liaise with suppliers to resolve any queries on service charge-related expense invoices.
• Assist in the management of service charges expense nominals on a monthly basis to ensure correct invoice allocation and accruals.
• Raise purchase orders specifically related to service charges or as required.
• Monitoring of landlord utility bills, liaising with our external management provider.
• Support the year-end service charge and rent-setting process.
  
  Experience working in a finance function
• Proven analytical and investigative skills, including logical reasoning and problem-solving
• Proven experience working with a housing management system and finance system.
• Ability to provide timely resolution and response to customers
• Ability to work individually and as a member of a team
• Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders, both written and verbal, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

At Eastlight we support, develop, and invest in our people, together creating a culture where people love to work.

To demonstrate our commitment to you, we have developed a sector leading total rewards package.
• £29,492 annual base salary
• Full-time, 9-month Fixed Term Contract
• Group stakeholder pension plan (Eastlight will double, up to 5% of the employee's contribution - Employee 5% + Eastlight 10% = Total 15%)
• Annual wellbeing grant of £200 per annum - Subject to eligibility
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Trailblazing family leave [Maternity, Paternity and Adoption - 12 weeks full pay / 6 weeks half pay] - Subject to eligibility.
• BUPA healthcare cash plan, life assurance
• Formal qualifications and paid professional membership.