Assistant Accountant

Arlington Resource Management Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Property/Real Estate firm in London is seeking an Assistant Accountant to support the finance team. The successful candidate will have at least 2 years of experience, with responsibilities including bank reconciliations, commission calculations, and management accounts preparation. This role offers excellent growth prospects and study support for ACCA/CIMA qualifications.

Benefits

Study support for ACCA/CIMA

Excellent growth prospects

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience in finance/accounts team with a good understanding of month end routines.
• Experience in property is useful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for bank reconciliations and clearing outstanding items.
• Calculation of commissions and posting relevant journals.
• Analysing credit card expenditure and preparing recharges.
• Overall responsibility for management accounts.
• Processing monthly prepayments and managing recharges.
• Reviewing letting fees and preparing reports.
• Cover for sales ledger and purchase ledger teams when needed.
• Assisting with VAT returns preparation.
• Assisting with annual budgeting process.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Education

AAT or ACCA / CIMA part qualified

Job description

Overview

Assistant Accountant with study support. Our client is one of London's largest private Property / Real Estate Investment businesses with a £1-2bn portfolio, seeking an Assistant Accountant to work closely with the Group Financial Controller and Assistant Group Financial Controller.

Candidates should have at least 2 years' excellent experience in a finance / accounts team with a good understanding of month end routines. Experience in property would be useful but not essential. You should have strong communication and interpersonal skills as you will be regularly liaising with Department Heads and Building Managers.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for bank reconciliations, liaising with colleagues in the finance team to clear outstanding items and account for bank charges and other ad hoc income and expenditure
• Calculation of commissions due to operations staff, monthly payroll charges and pension contributions, posting relevant journals and liaising with payroll bureau
• Analysing credit card expenditure, preparing recharges, checking supporting documentation and allocating to relevant properties
• Overall responsibility for management accounts of property management company, preparing selected balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis
• Processing of monthly prepayments, checking accruals, posting relevant journals, managing selected recharges and calculating bad debt provisions
• Reviewing letting fees and agent commissions and preparing monthly revenue and billing reports
• Provide cover for sales ledger and purchase ledger teams when needed
• Assisting external accountants with preparation of VAT returns and posting related journals
• Assisting with annual budgeting process and ad hoc property acquisitions and disposals
• Dealing with enquiries from company auditors

Qualifications

This Assistant Accountant role requires at least 2 years' accounts experience and some relevant studies to date (AAT or ACCA / CIMA part qualified).

Prospects are excellent to grow and progress in the Finance / Accounts team. The role comes with study support for ACCA / CIMA.