Client Accounts Assistant

Carter Jonas; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Holiday purchase of up to 5 extra days

Health cash plan

Hybrid working

Cycle-to-work scheme

Group pension

Flexible benefits

Referral schemes

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Carter Jonas is seeking an ACCA/CIMA accountant who will manage financial transactions with a focus on treasury, supporting reporting for client portfolios. The role emphasizes hands-on cash management, reconciliations, and timely payments within a collaborative partnership culture in the Birmingham area.

The successful candidate will bring experience in bank reconciliations, possess strong Excel skills, and be part-qualified or newly qualified, ready to advance in a supportive, flexible

Qualifications

• Experience in bank reconciliations and cash transaction processing.
• Ability to work in a busy finance environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Property experience is preferred but not essential.
• Professional manner with excellent customer service.
• Good commercial awareness and collaboration with other departments.
• Proficiency in Excel and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of clients’ financial transactions.
• Perform regular reconciliations of client funds.
• Create payment runs in line with contract rules and deadlines.
• Allocate cash received from tenants.
• Respond to queries and manage shared inboxes.
• Prepare monthly contract accounts and reports.
• Prepare funding requests and reconciliations.

Skills

Bank reconciliations

Cash processing

Excel

Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA

Communication skills

Customer service

Education

Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are recruiting for someone who is part-qualified/qualified ACCA/CIMA accountant to manage financial transactions, with a particular focus on the Treasury function, and assist with the reporting for client portfolios within Carter Jonas.

We are proud to offer a wonderful working culture, a competitive salary and good annual leave offering, coupled with meaningful flexible benefits including salary sacrifice Electric car scheme, holiday purchase of up to 5 extra days, health cash plans, hybrid working, cycle-to-work scheme.

Working within a Partnership is something truly special, offering a level of collaboration, shared success, and long-term commitment that sets it apart from more traditional corporate structures.

The role will include management of the cash and banking function, accounting for a portfolio of clients, as well as taking on one-off projects and assisting others as appropriate. The role will be hands-on, will involve transactional work and day to day management of accounts of some of the smaller client contracts.

What you’ll be doing:

Key elements of the role include but are not limited to:

• Managing day-to-day operations of clients’ financial transactions
• Performing regular and robust reconciliations of client funds
• Creating payment runs in accordance with strict contract rules and deadlines
• Allocating cash received from tenants
• Responding in a timely and professional manner to both internal and external queries; managing shared inboxes
• Preparation of monthly contract accounts and reports
• Preparation of funding requests and reconciliation

Desirable experience and qualifications:

• Experience in bank reconciliations and cash transaction processing.
• Experience in a busy finance environment, in either an accountancy practice or within industry, to multiple stakeholders
• Property experience is preferred but not essential
• A professional manner with the ability to provide excellent customer service
• Good commercial awareness and willingness to work closely with other departments
• Good skills using the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel
• Preferably recently qualified ACCA/CIMA, or Part-Qualified and progressing well

What will it take to be successful?

Ideally you will have gained experience in a busy finance environment, within industry or a reputable accountancy practice. You will need strong communication skills, a professional approach and fantastic time management skills. It is crucial to have excellent attention to detail and accuracy, be enthusiastic and pro‑active with strong numeral and written analytical skills, and love working with Excel. Strong interpersonal skills and a willingness to work closely with other departments, whilst playing a key role within the contract management team is extremely important. The role is based out of our Birmingham office

We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.

About us:

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

Our values:

• Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
• Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
• Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:

• Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
• Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
• Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.