Client Accountant – London – Up to £37k + Benefits

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a client accountant to join a leading real estate investment firm based in Central London. Successful candidates will be responsible for all aspects of the client and portfolio. On offer is a competitive salary of up to £37k in addition to other benefits.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and submission of client statements, VAT reports, trial balances, general ledgers and client reports
• Raising rent, service charges, insurance and recharged or ad hoc charges to tenants
• and payment of void unit service charge liabilities for the client
• Entering service charge budgets onto the system and updating apportionments and tenants on account
• Preparation and reconciliation of annual service charge accounts as well as liaising with the property manager, centre manager and service charge auditor for the audit
• Preparation and reconciliation of funding requests to client
• Monthly reconciliation of client bank accounts including investigation and correction of reconciling items
• Well organised, able to prioritise tasks and work under pressure on a diverse portfolio
• Proactive individual who can work autonomously but also as part of a larger team

Experience Required

• Ability to work with the client accountants to find solutions to issues and improve processes
• Ability to set up lease records and process amendments to leases to identify funds available for transfer to client and reconcile rent balance held
• Ability to produce accurate client statements on a timely basis
• Knowledge of how to input service charge budgets and amend apportionments and on account charges
• Knowledge of how to close service year ends and demand balancing service charges
• Ability to reconcile service charges and make the necessary amendments on the system and prepare service charge cash reconciliations
• Minimum of 5 years commercial property accounting      
• Preferably with experience focussed on shopping centres
• Experience working with Bluebox and Re-Lease