Client Accountant

SHW Property; Brighton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

SHW Property is seeking a skilled PM Accounts professional to deliver a compliant accounts facility for the Property Management Division in Brighton. You will handle reconciliations, budget input, and GL cleardowns while supporting monthly and quarterly client statements.

The role covers VAT returns, fund transfers, and responding to queries from tenants, managers and clients. You will work as part of the PM Accounts team with occasional call rota duties.

Qualifications

• High level of experience in an accounts office environment, with that experience weighted towards the property management accounts sector.
• A wide variety of accounts based experience is particularly sought.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Proficient in a variety of software systems and quick to learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Producing a large volume of standard monthly and quarterly client statements.
• Transferring of client funds via the property management software then via on-line banking.
• Dealing with client, property manager and tenant queries.
• Assistance with the closing of old and the creation of new managements – interpreting financial data from previous agents and providing reconciliations to pass over to new agents.
• Assistance towards producing non-standard monthly and quarterly client statements.
• Assistance towards the preparation of VAT returns.
• Providing cover to daily system reconciliation and monthly RICS reconciliation.

Skills

Accounts office experience

Property management accounts

Excellent communication skills

Proficient in software systems

Independent and team-oriented

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

To work within the Property Management accounts department to deliver a RICS compliant, flexible and efficient accounts facility to the Property Management Division.

Role Dimensions

• Client Account Reconciliations
• Budget input and assistance
• General Ledger cleardowns

Other data

• To work effectively as part of the property management accounts team.
• Aid with the call rota – average 1x shift per week

Key Responsibilities

• Producing a large volume of standard monthly and quarterly client statements.
• Transferring of client funds via the property management software then via on-line banking.
• Dealing with client, property manager and tenant queries.
• Assistance with the closing of old and the creation of new managements – interpreting financial data from previous agents and providing reconciliations to pass over to new agents.
• Assistance towards producing non-standard monthly and quarterly client statements.
• Assistance towards the preparation of VAT returns.
• Providing cover to daily system reconciliation and monthly RICS reconciliation.

Communications & working relationships

Internal

• All members of the PM Accounts team.
• Property Managers and support staff throughout SHW.

External

• Tenants
• Banks
• Clients
• Accountants/Auditors – Software Providers

Key performance indicators

• Good working experience of MS Office documents – Excel, Word.
• Adherence to deadlines
• Regular CAT’s request completed

Person specification

Knowledge, skills and experience required

• High level of experience in an accounts office environment, with that experience weighted towards the property management accounts sector.
• A wide variety of accounts based experience is particularly sought.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Proficient in a variety of software systems and quick to learn new systems.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team.
• Ability to prioritise workload.

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