Job Title: Client Accountant
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £28,000 – £30,000 per annum, depending on experience
Job type: Full time, Permanent
The Company
The Group specialises in the ongoing management of large residential developments, including the effective administration of +£20m of client service charge budgets. They currently require an experienced Client Accountant to join their growing team. In exchange for your expertise they offer a warm, welcoming environment with a great salary and benefits package. As they’re constantly expanding there is also likely to be considerable opportunity for personal and professional progression.
Full support to any studies or current qualification subsidies will be given.
The Role
The Client Accountant is part of the New Business and Technical Team within the Client Accounting department. They’re responsible for the effective client accounting of a portfolio of managed estates, including residential, commercial and those which are phased in their management.
The role forms a vital part of the team, working closely with the Estate Management and Business Development teams and will also require regular interaction with external accountants plus some client correspondence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure annual service charge budgets are accurate and loaded correctly with correct apportionments
- Periodic billing of service charges, ground rent and other charges to leaseholders
- Prepare end of year service charge accounts within agreed timeframe, before submitting to external Accountants for review
- Monthly bank reconciliations for client estates
- Produce quarterly management reports, for review with Estate Managers and clients. Analyse the expenditure v budget, arrears and cashflow position, producing a summary report
- Monitor the general health and correctness of the service charge accounts associated with your portfolio, supporting Estate Managers with relevant information
- Utilities and insurance recharging to leaseholders
- Monitoring the CHP Billing process, ensuring all fees raised accurately and on time
- Raise void service charges to developers
- Manage and record completion cheques from new lessees
- Reconcile opening balances for estates handed over from other agents
- Corporation tax administration
- Answer leaseholder / client enquiries in a timely fashion
- Handle referred leaseholder service charge queries to resolution via either telephone or e-mail, or escalate to relevant Estate Manager
- Following up actions from AGM Minutes and directors meetings
- Assist the Client Accounting & Finance teams with day to day / adhoc duties
The Candidate:
- 2+ years of accounts experience, preferably in a service charge or practice environment
- Part-qualified AAT minimum, full AAT, CIMA or ACCA accepted.
- Experience in service charge client accounting is desirable but not essential
- Experience with Qube software is desirable but not essential
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Accountant, Accounts Assistant, Assistant Management Accountant, Accounts Clerk, Bookkeeper, Credit Controller, Finance Assistant, Purchase Ledger, Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant, Management Accountancy, ACA, Financial Administrator, Finance Support, AAT, Credit Control, Cash Flow Reporting may also be considered for this role.
