Job Description

Hours of Work: 35 per week


Closing date: 28th November 2025


Interviews: 10th December 2025



At MSV Housing we're committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our rent accountants are key to making this happen.





We are seeking a proactive leader to oversee rent reconciliations, income processes, and compliance with fiscal regulations, ensuring accurate data and timely reporting. This role involves guiding the Income Team, collaborating across departments, and supporting annual rent reviews to maintain efficient financial controls and correct rent and service charge calculations.



In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.





What do our Rent Accountant do;


Provide expert technical support to the Income Team, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and accounting requirements while maintaining data integrity across systems. Manage annual rent change processes, including calculations, approvals, system updates, and tenant notifications in line with regulations. Advise on rent calculations for social, affordable, and intermediate rents, collaborate with teams on new developments, and support accurate rental income forecasting for budgets. Deliver accurate reporting and reconciliations, including monthly balance sheet checks, inter-company transactions, and rental income alignment between systems. Ensure compliance and risk management, supporting audits, monitoring legislative changes, and implementing best practices to maintain financial integrity.


What we are looking for;


Part - Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CIPFA) or extensive experience working in a finance team, specifically with a focus on rent regulation. Experience of leading and motivating a high performing finance team and effectively managing performance to get the best from individuals Track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve agreed performance metrics. Experience of calculating social housing rents and service charges, and have a clear understanding of the regulations and legislation that underpin them. Ability to analyse large complex data sets to produce reports and deliver information to a range of audiences


We offer a range of great benefits including:


Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme. Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more. Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme. Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.
MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.


MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.


For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/


If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Kevin Appleton, Rent and Service Charge Manager on 0161 232 5417.



Interviews are due to take place on 10th December 2025 however may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.



We're passionate about inclusion and we'd love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.





If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.





We own and manage almost 9,000 homes in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire. Our growth aspirations are to respond to the housing crisis in the North West, by assisting the millennial generation locked out of decent homes, the elderly, those on low incomes, those in need of specialist housing, first-time buyers, and people who are 'rightsizing'.