Role Overview
This role sits with the Property Management team and this role provides an opportunity to grow and get involved in both residential and commercial aspects of client accounting. The role involves managing the day to client accounting responsibilities on the relevant portfolio. Working alongside other client accountants and surveying teams to ensure that the service charge and rental aspects of the portfolios.
Key Responsibilities
- Reporting to clients (standard and client specific reporting) ensuring all SLAs and KPIs are adhered to
- Ensure accurate reconciliation of service charge income and expenditure
- Point of contact for client queries, providing support and advice where necessary
- Internal point of contact for Surveying colleagues working closely to ensure all client deliverables are met
- Maintain/Oversee housekeeping of property & leases data on financial database
- Assist with adhoc tasks as and when required
- Management of client and property cash-flow and funding
- Annual property service charge reviews and liaise with Asset Manager and Service Charge Team to ensure completion within best practice guidelines
- Compliance with policies and procedures
- Attend client and internal meetings as and when required
- Instruct Treasury department (following the relevant approvals) of the following;
- Collection of monies
- Amendments to Client Accounts
- Payment of client property related transactions
- General maintenance of client funds i.e. tenant refunds etc.
Key Skills
The individual who carries out the role of Client Accountant is strong and self-motivated, ideally with solid financial and technical reporting experience in a client service role. Strong Excel spreadsheets skills is a must. The individual has excellent organisation, communication skills with the ability to communicate with all within the business as well as clients.
The individual will be a strong team player with the ability to meet strict deadlines and prioritise their workload. Due to the nature of Property Management the Client Accountant must be able to work in a varied and evolving department.
It is expected that the individual has an aptitude for accounts and be enthusiastic and willing to learn.
AMR are one of the UK's largest specialist recruiters for the Property, Estate Agency, Lettings & Property Management, Land & New Homes, Commercial Property and the Mortgage Market.
We recruit for the roles of: Branch Manager, Residential Sales Manager, Valuer, Lister, Senior Sales Negotiator, Residential Sales Negotiator, Residential Sales Progressor, Country Homes Negotiator, Senior Lettings Negotiator Lettings Negotiator, Lettings Manager, Lettings Coordinator, Letting Administrator, Property Manager, Block Manager, Regional Manager, Regional Director, Area Manager, New Homes Sales Advisor, Land Finder, Land Buyer, Surveyor, Mortgage Advisor, Mortgage Consultant, Commercial Negotiator, New Homes Sales Consultant.
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