Finance Manager – Rents and Service Charges

Permanent - Full Time (36.25 hours per week)

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) are seeking a Finance Manager – Rents and Service Charges to join the Finance and Procurement Team on a permanent basis.

Working collaboratively as a trusted partner with business areas, you will lead on an effective rent and service charge service, providing insightful analysis and support, setting rents and service charges in line with statutory requirements and ensuring the best finance decisions can be made.

Key Areas of Work:

• Leading the service charge improvement project.


• Responsibility for developing the rents & service charge team under your management.


• Rent and Service Charge (R&SC) Setting – preparation of the annual Rent Plan, including the calculation of rent increases and annual Service Charges.


• Prepare Annual Rent and Service Charge Budgets for RBH.


• Budget management and forecasting – accurate and timely reporting of income and expenditure and review of variances on a monthly basis.


• Identification and calculation of service charges.


• Timely input into relevant regulatory returns.


• Put in place procedures and controls to ensure that all service chargeable expenditures is identified and robust costings are captured.

Who are we looking for?

• Hold or actively studying towards a full accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA)


• Experience, knowledge and understanding of requirements of current Rents and Service Charge legislation, specifically the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and 1988 respectively and Section 20’s Legislation.


• Experience and understanding of productions or statutory financial statements and regulatory returns.


• Experience in the use of financial systems.


• Experience of preparation and monitoring of budgets.


• Able to provide advice and support on financial issues to a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.

With excellent IT skills (such as Microsoft Office 365) and effective analytical and presentation skills, you will be experienced in leading on positive service improvements and will be committed to delivering a customer-focused approach. You will effectively manage and monitor objectives and performances whilst providing a supportive environment that promotes employee wellbeing.

Closing date for applications is 21st of April.

Interview date: W/C 28th of April.

What's in it for you?

As an RBH employee, you will receive a range of fantastic benefits, including: -

• SMART working arrangements


• Holiday entitlement – 30 days holiday plus all UK bank holidays, with an additional 5 days after completion of five years’ service. Part time employees will receive a pro rata entitlement.


• Ability to purchase up to an additional 5 days leave per year.


• A quality defined contribution pension scheme, with salary exchange and RBH matches your contributions up to 8%


• Plus, many more!

Please refer to the attached Job Description upon submitting your application.

We shortlist and interview for our roles throughout the duration of the advert. Therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. We reserve the right to close any of our adverts prior to the stated closing date should we have a high volume of appropriate candidates.

Prior to applying for a role with us or attending an interview, you can request a call with the people team. We will then work with you to create an interview/application environment that works for you. Whether that’s needing the physical environment of the interview to be a specific way i.e., the room set up a certain way, or the method of interview itself i.e., teams, face to face or written questions. We want to make our recruitment process a positive experience for all.