ABOUT ORMEROD RUTTER

Ormerod Rutter is a thriving company which was founded over 40 years ago, we have 11 Partners and over 250 amazing employees. The Company has 5 offices across Worcestershire and we’re one of the largest independent accountancy companies in the region! We provide a variety of accounting services within the practice, this makes achieving your chosen career possible as whatever sector interests you, we have the support and tools on hand.
We encourage the team to be themselves and bring new ideas to the Company – we invest in you. Together we always achieve more. We recruit enthusiastic, motivated, and optimistic individuals who understand our values and have the drive to help achieve our goals.
To benefit our incredible staff - we offer award winning training, competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, annual awards, regular social events, and health benefits.

REQUIREMENTS

• Previous accounting or bookkeeping experience is essential
• Strong desire to further your career in service charge accounting
• Analytical skills
• Excellent time management skills
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy and a methodical approach to tasks
• Sound IT skills and good working knowledge of MS Office, particularly excel
• An individual who can work well as part of a team
• Accounting qualifications: minimum AAT or studying
  If you would like to be part of our service charge accounting team, we would be delighted to hear from you for a preliminary discussion.
  Where possible we address every application. If you do not hear back from us within 3 weeks, please consider you have been unsuccessful.
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In perso

YOUR JOB ROLE – ACCOUNTANT

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our wonderful service charge accounting team here at OR. Any previous service charge accounting experience is a bonus, however this is not essential, as there is a committed and friendly team willing to provide training to an individual that instead has some previous accounting experience but is willing to embrace a new path in service charge accounts.
The opportunity would be suited to an individual who is a team player, has good attention to detail and is meticulous in their work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will become part of our dynamic service charge team and have the responsibility of preparing service charge accounts for properties on behalf of national managing agents, landlords, and residents management companies who are our valued clients. We will also expect our new team member to provide an effective service on all compliance and advisory matters.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Preparing service charge accounts from varying formats of accounting information
• Performing and checking year-end adjustments
• Preparing and processing audit plannings where necessary
• Reviewing service charge accounts – sometimes these require auditing
• Understanding the industry specific legislation that impacts the preparation of service charge accounts and their presentation
• Reviewing leases for properties and advising clients
• Reconciling handovers of properties between managing agents
• Communicating daily and building good relationships with the clients
• Replying to any queries and information requests the clients may have in a timely manner
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and delegated financial responsibilities
• Day to day administration in relation to billing and keeping systems updated