An acquisitive, PE backed, Estate and Letting Agency with revenues of more than £100m seek an experience Client Account (Client Money) Specialist to manage the Groups, complex client accounts. The company has 40,000 properties under management across the UK, through various brands. Through acquisition the Group have inherited 30 different client money accounts across 10 different banks. The regional client accounts can hold anything from £500K to £4m in client money at any time, with 3 - 20 people administering the client accounts per region.
Therefore, we seek a highly motivated candidate with experience gained from a regulated environment to manage 30 client accounts, ensuring compliance, governance and controls are in place to protect client money, achieve regulatory compliance and minimise fraud.
The successful candidate will also work to simplify to complexity of various banking relationships to one bank, achieving better transaction fees and simplification.
This role reports to the Head of Governance and will have regular interaction with the CFO.
This role will require travel to various sites across the UK including Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Brighton and Southampton.