Rent Accounts Officer
V85102857

£28.80 Per Hour

Full Time

Temporary

East London, Greater London

Public Sector And Council

Posted 7 hours ago

Expires In 29 Days

Job Description


Job Purpose: The prompt and accurate creation, control, amendment and termination of rent accounts (secure and non-secure residential accounts, and other miscellaneous accounts and stock) in order to maximise rental income.


Requirements 
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to rent accounting/assessment
  • Knowledge of policies and procedures relating to rent account maintenance, collection and accounting in the Social Housing Sector
  • Knowledge of Housing Benefits, welfare entitlements and ongoing changes to welfare benefits
  • An in depth understanding of all areas of tenancy management and their impact on rent accounting procedures and legislation
  • Effective IT skills in Word, Excel.
  • Working knowledge of a Rent Accounting system in Northgate.
  • Ability to deal with sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy


Responsibilities 
  • To set up all rent account correctly within 5 working days and ensuring the start date reflects correctly on the Tenancy Agreement, L3 and Facility Licenses.
  • To create tenancies for successions, mutual exchange, sole to joint, assignment and Use and Occupational.
  • To ensure Refund Application has been processed and passed over to payments team within 5 working days.
  • To process court/legal costs, write off of FTA’s, zero rating, credits and other balances and all other relevant debit control management in order to complete accurate weekly reconciliation of control accounts.
  • To process batch posting of all direct payments and Universal Credit APA payments received from Department of Work and Pension to relevant rent accounts.
  • To manage and administer all aspects of the Rents Service suspense account.
  • To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures including rent restructuring and welfare benefits


Contract 
  • Initial 3 to 6 month ongoing contract with the opportunity to extend 
  • PAYE via Umbrella 
  • Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (2 days in office)


Closing Date :02/12/2024 15:00

If you are interested in this position AND meet the requirements APPLY NOW!

Damilola Alabede

Damilola.alabede@voxconsultants.com

02081384125

Division V85

Vox Network Consultants London

34 Lime Street

Greater London

EC3M 7AT

0208 1384125

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