Job Title: Client Accountant
Location: London Bridge
Salary: £32,000 – £35,000 per annum.
Job Type: Full Time – Permanent, Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.30pm
About the role:
Burlington Estates is our specialist Block Management business and due to continued expansion, we are looking for an experienced Property Client Accountant to join this exciting team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Input service charge budgets and raise charges and demands (when required)
- Dealing with lessees and clients queries
- Dealing with refund requests
- Attending client or internal meetings
- Prepare service charge year-end to Trial Balance stage manually and on QUBE within the agreed time frame
- Agreeing the system to the final accounts and carry out close off year-end routine on QUBE
- Ensuring that the Statutory accounts are filed on time
- Quarterly / monthly variance reports to clients within the agreed time frame
- Quarterly Ground Rent statements within the agreed time frame
- Dealing with other managing agents on new and lost managements
- To investigate historical issues when required
- To agree accounts with QUBE with a view of using QUBE to produce trial balance
- Able to deal with multi schedules or mixed-use service charges
- Preparing quarterly VAT reports for clients
- Providing support to Property managers
Requirements & Skills:
- Qube proficient
- Excellent knowledge of excel
- Diligent, motivated and enthusiastic
- Effective communication skills
- 1-2 years working in property industry
- Able to work in line with our Winning Ways
- Has a professional approach, demonstrating high levels of integrity
- Excellent attention to detail
- Organised, with a flexible approach to a varied workload particularly during periods
- Confident, with excellent communication skills, using the telephone as first point of contact
- Able to demonstrate initiative along with a ‘can do’ approach
- Enthusiastic, ‘Nothing is too much trouble’ attitude
Why pick us?
95% of our Managers & Directors started their career with us at entry level. We offer genuine progression, fast tracking our people into management roles.
We’re proud to say we are London’s only major firm of Residential Chartered Surveyors and the only Estate Agent in the UK able to provide both Government and industry specific professional qualifications, demonstrating our commitment to professionalism within our industry and attracting, developing and retaining the best talent!
Benefits:
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Time Served Accountant, Senior Accounts Assistant, Management Accountant, Finance Officer, Accounts Manager, Finance Manager, Credit Controller, Part Qualified Accountant, Senior Finance Assistant may also be considered for the role.
