Job Description

Responsibilities

• Managing a large portfolio of Management Clients and providing financial reporting as required.
• Raising tenant charges, including ad-hoc recharges and maintaining lease and deposit details.
• Calculating RPI Increases and actioning any rent reviews.
• Service Charge Accounting - including year- end reconciliations, dealing with service charge budgets and caps, creating journal entries for any accruals or prepayments and making period adjustments.
• Coding and processing supplier invoices, and completing BACS and cheque runs.
• Client Statements - Producing financial reports & processing regular Client payments.
• Client bank account reconciliation.
• Completing and submitting Client VAT Returns.
• Dealing with rent collection and carrying out necessary credit control procedures to recover any arrears
• Supervision of Client Accountants and their portfolios

Overview

The purpose of the job is to apply high level accounting skills within the Property Management team to ensure that all required services provided are carried out in an efficient and accurate manner.

The job will require someone with extensive experience of working within a client accounting team. Experience of working in a property management company, with knowledge of Tramps or similar property management package (e.g. Yardi, Propman etc) essential.

In addition, there needs to be an understanding of client accounting requirements to support a commercial property management team, and advanced skills in MS Excel.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ideally AAT qualified. Similar qualifications will be considered. Essential Criteria: • Experience of property management IT systems; • Experience of commercial electronic banking systems; • Experience of client management; • Advanced IT skills including MS Excel; • Experience of supervising Client Accountants; • Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with both colleagues and clients; • The ability to work in an organised and methodical fashion, with a high level of attention to detail; • The ability to manage time effectively, prioritising tasks to ensure that deadlines are met; • Persuasive with a high energy level; • Reliable and committed; • The ability to learn new skills and working methods, and to be adaptable to change; • A proactive approach to work; • Able to work with colleagues within an existing team.