Job Description
Client Accountant - Permanent, Canary Wharf
Hours: 40 per week, 08.30am - 17.30pm Monday to Friday
Duties & Responsibilities
- To support the senior client accountant in maintaining the accounting records for their appointed schemes
- To carry out all basic accounting procedures to ensure that financial information is accurate and available on a timely basis.
- Advising Property Directors on any accounting issues associated with annual service charge budgets and to assist as required in the production, distribution and processing of budgets
- To update and change any Service charge or Ground rent amounts relating to Property transfers and sales.
- To prepare monthly ground rent returns for submission to Freehold clients.
- To draft monthly service charge income and expenditure reports for the Senior Client Accountant to discuss with the Property Directors
- To draft the monthly variance analysis reports and highlight any areas of budgetary anomalies
- Oversee the completion of bank reconciliations on a monthly basis for all designated schemes.
- To support the on-site development teams with Propman system and purchase order best practice, invoice coding, expense forms and requests for payment.
- To support the work of the purchase ledger team through obtaining payment runs for approval by the Senior Client accountant.
- To monitor development scheme cashflow and forecasting at least 12 months ahead.
- Bill periodic ground rent, service charges, insurance and other charges to lessees or occupiers.
- Assist with the service charge audit review at year end and check for all invoices against expenditure before passing to the external accountants.
- Send out service charge accounts to leaseholders once completed along with all relevant information.
Skills & Experience
- Must be part qualified ACA, ACCA, AAT and actively working towards a professional qualification.
- Must be interested in the property management sector and be able to engage with colleagues in an effective manner and support colleagues as required.
- Must be competent with accounting software packages and knowledge of property management software would be an advantage
- Must act in a professional manner in interactions with all staff and external clients
Ballymore operates as an equal opportunities employer.