Job Description

Aatom Recruitment is looking for OR(phone number removed) - Homeownership Billing and Mortgages Officer on behalf of a Local Authority.

Job Title: OR(phone number removed) - Homeownership Billing and Mortgages Officer

Contract Duration: 3 Months

Hours Per Week: 36

Work Pattern: Hybrid 2 days in Office per week

Purpose

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To bill variable service charges and ad-hoc charges to homeowners in conjunction with the Billing Accountant.

* To be a first point of contact with respect to all issues relating to the Council’s mortgage portfolio, including RTB mortgages, housing associated mortgages, standard loans and court order charges.

* To maintain the mortgage portfolio and the processing of new loans, further advances, interest rate changes, reductions, repayments and redemptions in conjunction with the Mortgage Officer.

* To contribute to the compilation of annual statements of account for the HRA as relating to service charges

* To collate the management and overheads costs for the Billing Accountant for the annual revenue service charge billing

* To engage with the Council’s modernise agenda, helping to drive through digital and systems transformations.

* To provide technical expertise in the development of commercial opportunities for the team and service for maximisation of income.

Knowledge:

* Knowledge of the pertinent Landlord and Tenant Acts, Housing Acts, and associated Regulations and Directions, and how they relate to public sector leasehold management and service charges.

* Knowledge of the FTT & County court proceedings

* Part qualified with a recognised professional accounting body, or relevant knowledge of accountancy principles in relation to a variable service charge portfolio and with reference to mortgages, audit procedures and invoicing.

* Knowledge of basic housing management services

Experience:

* Experience of leasehold/freehold management for a portfolio of residential leasehold and freehold properties in a mixed tenure environment.

* Experience of a range of debtors’ management systems and the use of computerised spreadsheets

* Experience of researching, compiling and presenting reports and procedures to a range of forums