Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week; Monday – Friday 09:00-17:00 with some flexibility
Contract: This is an exciting new role which is initially offered as a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2027. It is anticipated that there is scope for this to develop into a permanent position for which the successful candidate will be eligible for consideration.
Location: Hybrid, with occasional travel to a Wallich Hub, service or external venue as required.
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Purpose of Role
This role supports The Wallich’s Residential Services by helping to set accurate rent and service charge levels and by providing strong financial and administrative support. Working with colleagues across Finance, Housing Management, Development and Operations, the post holder will help ensure that income, costs and property-related data are complete, accurate and properly reflected in budgets, forecasts and rent schedules.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Rent and Service Charge Setting:
* Work with colleagues across The Wallich to support the effective setting of rent and service charge levels for Residential Services.
* Catalogue and cross-reference The Wallich’s responsibilities for repairs, maintenance and health & safety in Management Agreements with social landlords against service charges, ensuring sufficient income is recovered to meet reasonable property management costs.
* Liaise with People and Talent and operational managers so that staffing structures and costs are correctly reflected in rent schedules.
* Work with the Development Team and Residential Service Managers to prepare rent schedule costings that reflect property specifications, including furniture, fixtures and fittings.
* Correspond with partner landlords to obtain and verify details of their rent and service charges for relevant properties.
Supporting the Finance Business Partner:
* Assist the Finance Business Partner and Development Team with budgets and forecasts for planned and reactive maintenance and capital spend.
* Support Residential Services managers in reviewing variances against budget, providing clear explanations and evidence as required.
* Prepare and post journals, adjustments and corrections as authorised, ensuring accurate coding and adherence to financial procedures.
* Work with the Development Team to identify capital expenditure within repairs and maintenance spend and ensure correct treatment in the accounts.
Data Management, Reporting and Collaboration:
* Maintain accurate financial and property-related records in Inform (Salesforce), the Property Register, and finance systems.
This role is subject to a Basic DBS disclosure.
We are not utilising agencies with this role and kindly ask that agencies do not approach to assist us with this vacancy.
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Closing date for this vacancy is 22nd December 2025 at 09:00am.
The Wallich reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.
At The Wallich, we’re fully committed to supporting and improving Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to ensure we’re the best community we can be. There is always still room to evolve and improve and we are striving to create an environment where all staff can bring their authentic selves to the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and if you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require, please contact recruitment@thewallich.net or call 02920 668 464