Cost Accountant jobs in United Kingdom

The purpose of the job is to act as a Client Accountant for the Property Management team to ensure that all required services provided in the office are carried out in a timely and accurate manner.

The job will require someone with experience of working within a finance team in a property management company. A knowledge of Tramps or similar property management accounting package (eg. Yardi, Propman etc.) would be an advantage.

An understanding of client accounting requirements to support a commercial property management team, and intermediate skills in MS Excel would also be an advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Receipt processing.
• Assisting with banking cash & cheques received.
• Checking of creditor invoices.
• Dealing with invoices and supplier queries.
• Completing with weekly payment runs.
• Producing client statements & ad-hoc reports.
• Raising charges & processing ad-hoc charges (insurance, utilities and repairs).
• Raising tenant & internal invoices.
• Maintaining client, tenant and creditor records.
• Checking and running VAT returns for clients and submitting to HMRC via MTO.
• Assisting with answering incoming calls.
• Ad-hoc duties as required within the Property Management team.

Qualifications:

Ideally AAT qualified level 3 or above or studying towards. Similar qualifications will be considered.

• Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with both colleagues and clients
• The ability to work in an organised and methodical fashion, with a high level of attention to detail
• The ability to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks to ensure that deadlines are met
• Reliable and committed
• The ability to learn new skills and working methods, and to be adaptable to change
• A proactive approach to work
• Able to work with colleagues within an existing team