Interim Service Charge Officer

Service Charge Officer

Location: Leicester, Hybrid option possible
Job Type: Full-time
Rate: £30000 - £33000

Contract: Until Feb 2027

We are recruiting for an experienced Service Charge Officer to join a busy finance team in Leicester. This is a full-time hybrid role, combining home working with office and property visits.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare year-end service charge statements and annual budgets.

• Validate service charge actuals and investigate variances.

• Review costs, invoice coding, accruals and prepayments.

• Manage a portfolio of schemes and respond to service charge queries.

• Liaise with residents, internal teams, auditors and external stakeholders.

• Ensure charges are accurate, transparent and provide value for money.

• Support year-end adjustments and customer communications.

• Ensure compliance with relevant service charge legislation and regulations.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in a service charge finance role, ideally within housing or property.

• Knowledge of service charge legislation.

• Strong Excel and financial analysis skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

• Experience working to tight deadlines in a regulated environment.

• Strong communication and customer service skills.

• AAT qualification/study towards AAT is desirable, but qualified by exp