Sittingbourne (On-Site)
Temporary, Full time
£31,726 per annum (pro rata)
The role
Service Charge Advisor (6 Month Fixed Term Contract up to 30 September 2025)
Southern Housing was formed in December 2022 and is currently delivering a complex transformation program to streamline processes and improving operational efficiency in setting and accounting service charges.
We are looking for 2 x talented, detail orientated persons with advanced excel skills to join the Service Charge Team on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract.
What You'll be Doing:
Working closely with the Head of Service Charge Transformation you will work exclusively to build custom spreadsheets from scratch to meet specific requirements, implementing formulas, functions and automation to improve the efficiency and accuracy of setting estimate service charges. For more information about the project, please see below the attached Estimate Service Charge Cost Collectors Brief Document.
What you'll need:
Essential:
Shortlisting: Wednesday 30th April 2025
Interviews: Thursday 8th May 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
Pension
Life
assurance
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Birthday
leave
Retailers discounts
Cycle
to work
Buy & sell
annual leave
Season ticket loan
In-house academy & career development
Flexible working
Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
Service Charge Advisor (6 Month Fixed Term Contract up to 30 September 2025)
Southern Housing was formed in December 2022 and is currently delivering a complex transformation program to streamline processes and improving operational efficiency in setting and accounting service charges.
We are looking for 2 x talented, detail orientated persons with advanced excel skills to join the Service Charge Team on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract.
What You'll be Doing:
Working closely with the Head of Service Charge Transformation you will work exclusively to build custom spreadsheets from scratch to meet specific requirements, implementing formulas, functions and automation to improve the efficiency and accuracy of setting estimate service charges. For more information about the project, please see below the attached Estimate Service Charge Cost Collectors Brief Document.
What you'll need:
Essential:
- Proven experience of creating complex spreadsheets, be proficient in formulas, pivot tables, macros, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, data validation and conditional formatting.
- Strong analytical skills and an eye for detail to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- The ability to develop efficient solutions to optimise processes and automate tasks and explain spreadsheet functions clearly to non-technical colleagues.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills, including prioritising, problem solving and interpersonal relationship building.
- Effective time management, prioritisation and organisational skills that ensure deadlines are met.
- A logical, analytical approach to problem solving.
- Results oriented, delivery focused, commercially aware - setting and achieving high goals for personal and project team accomplishment.
- Housing sector experience
- Understanding of Service Charges
- Familiarisation of One Orchard
- Creative thinker and experience of providing solutions to streamline processes.
Shortlisting: Wednesday 30th April 2025
Interviews: Thursday 8th May 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
Pension
Life
assurance
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Birthday
leave
Retailers discounts
Cycle
to work
Buy & sell
annual leave
Season ticket loan
In-house academy & career development
Flexible working
Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
Closing date: Tue 29/04/2025 at 01:00
Job reference: 3820180