The purpose of the job is to act as a Client Accountant for the Property Management team to ensure that all required services provided in the office are carried out in a timely and accurate manner.
The job will require someone with experience of working within a finance team in a property management company. A knowledge of Tramps or similar property management accounting package (eg. Yardi, Propman etc.) would be an advantage.
An understanding of client accounting requirements to support a commercial property management team, and intermediate skills in MS Excel would also be an advantage.
Responsibilities:
- Receipt processing.
- Assisting with banking cash & cheques received.
- Checking of creditor invoices.
- Dealing with invoices and supplier queries.
- Completing with weekly payment runs.
- Producing client statements & ad-hoc reports.
- Raising charges & processing ad-hoc charges (insurance, utilities and repairs).
- Raising tenant & internal invoices.
- Maintaining client, tenant and creditor records.
- Checking and running VAT returns for clients and submitting to HMRC via MTO.
- Assisting with answering incoming calls.
- Ad-hoc duties as required within the Property Management team.
Qualifications:
Ideally AAT qualified level 3 or above or studying towards. Similar qualifications will be considered.
- 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 and prioritise tasks to ensure that deadlines are met
- 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