Service Charge Assistant

at  CBRE

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• Technical understanding of accounting principles
• Understanding of Real Estate transactions
• Sophisticated experience in book keeping
• Experience in reconciliation, accruals and prepayments would be advantageous

KEY SKILLS

• Attention to detail
• Problem solving
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Relationship management
• Ability to make decisions
• Excellent communication skills
• Numerical and analytically minded
• Self-starter

ROLE PURPOSE

Working in the Real Estate Accounting Services team where the individual will be responsible for a range of service charge work across a varied client property portfolio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Working closely with our third-party partners to ensure closure off annual service charge reconciliations across a variety of assets in line with RICS guidelines and agreed SLAs. Role will require a variation of:

• Reviewing income demanded in the year and ensuring all occupiers are correctly billed
• Reviewing Tenant apportionment and undertaking CAP calculations
• Reviewing expenditure to ensure it has been coded correctly in line with budget
• posting accruals and prepayments
• Raising ad-hoc charges to tenants
• Preparing closure packs and letters
• Assist in quality review of third party partners work
• Preparing reconciliation of clients’ service charge funds.
• Working closely with other teams within REAS to provide exceptional outcomes to our client
• Liaising with various internal and external stakeholders to achieve the role responsibilities.