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At the Gateway Group, you'll have a real opportunity to grow within your role, and take your ambitions further. Talent is highly valued here, so just show us what you can do. You'll find Gateway a positive, welcoming, social place.

You'll be part of a team of committed people who look to support each other and are proud of the trusted, knowledgeable services they provide and the highest standard of customer service. We encourage diversity among our employees and respect each other. If you share our values, join us and grow with us.

Current Opportunities

Role: Service Charge Accountant
Location: Southend-on-Sea

Posted 21st November 2025

Service Charge Accountant

As we continue to grow, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Charge Accountant to join our busy team.

The Person

You will be a people person aligned to the Gateway brand. You will be a great communicator with a track record of delivering the best client and customer experience possible. Promoting the brand and creating new opportunities will come as second nature to you.

The Job

Your role will include:

Preparing Service Charge budgets and actively working alongside the Property Management Department to ensure that these are realistic, effective, and distributed in a timely manner to achieve KPI targets.
Inputting budgets onto the database ensuring charges are applied correctly and apportionment's agree.
Assisting Property Managers with account queries and budget preparation.
Preparing the weekly budget report for distribution to DOO and GFC
Preparing the monthly periodics report for the Corporate Department.
Budget and variance reporting
Raising periodic Service Charge demands and recharges as required.
Assisting with ad-hoc projects as required.
Preparing Service Charge accounts for the managed property portfolio to include:
Analysis of income and expenditure
Accruals and prepayments where necessary
Review and analysis of the Service Charge budget to actual expenditure and prior year performance.
Liaising with the Property Managers and external accountants to ensure accounts are complete, queries resolved and issued in a timely manner to achieve Corporate KPI targets.

The ideal candidate:

Will preferably have Service Charge experience
Has sound commercial understanding
Possesses excellent communication skills
Has exceptional knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Can demonstrate meticulous attention to detail
Has proven organisational skills

What You Need

Applicants must be either ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified

Job location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Hours: 37.5 hours per week shift pattern covering Monday to Saturday
Salary: Salary dependant on experience
Annual leave: 23 days plus bank holidays
Extras: Company pension plan, company membership programmes, employee referral incentive, seasonal company events, training and relevant qualification sponsorship

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