Property Accountant

Osborn Executive Recruitment Ltd; City of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious landlord in the City of London is seeking a Property Accountant to manage property accounting and support Property Surveyors. The successful candidate will have 2-5 years of experience in property accounts and service charge accounting, along with strong communication and Excel skills. This role offers a salary between £40-£45k plus bonuses and excellent pension benefits, along with significant career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent bonus

Career progression potential

Opportunity to learn and study

Qualifications

• 2-5 years experience in a residential or commercial property accounts environment.
• Previous experience of service charge accounting.

Responsibilities

• Set up new properties on the systems.
• Ensure all charge raising is complete for monthly and quarterly periods.
• Handle the void funding demands in line with the service charge budgets.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of service charges.
• Reconcile annual service charges.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Good Excel skills

Job description

Property Accountant (client side)

West End/London

£40-£45k + bonus and excellent pension

The role: An excellent opportunity for a Client/Service Charge Accountant with 2-5 years experienceto move client side to manage a portfolio of properties within the Property Management department, providing support to Property Surveyors to ensure clear and accurate accounting to the tenants and finance department.

Duties:

• Set up new properties on the systems
• Ensure all charge raising is complete for monthly and quarterly periods.
• Handle the void funding demands in line with the service charge budgets.
• Have responsibility for annual insurance premiums and to reconcile recharges.
• Monitor property funding
• Input service charge budgets, updating the on-account charge; apportionments and void funding for each property.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of service charges
• Reconcile annual service charges.
• Arrange external audits, answering all queries as required.
• Handle the demands for the excess/surplus from the tenants to close the accounts within four months of the year end.
• Complete the cash reconciliations
• Carry out quarterly review of income v budget
• Reconcile service charge bank accounts on a quarterly basis.
• Assisting with the quarterly reporting and VAT Liability
• Finance Department quarterly and deal with VAT queries on a timely basis.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years experience in a residential or commercial property accounts environment
• Previous experience of service charge accounting
• Strong communication skills
• Good Excel skills

Why should you work for this company?

• An amazing opportunity to join a prestigious landlord and a close knit friendly team
• Excellent bonus and career progression potential
• An opportunity to learn and study

Interview process:

• Two stage process
• 1st stage on Teams/Zoom
• 2nd stage held face to face in the office

If you would like further information on this opportunity please apply online with your updated CV or contact Holly Osborn 07393 126240 or Alec Mackenzie 07767 661896

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