Team Leader – Property Accounts

  • Status Permanent
  • Job reference #496
  • Salary £55,000
  • Location: London
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #496
  • Salary: £55,000

Team Leader – Property Accounts
London/ West End
£50k – £55k
Bonus
3:2 Flexible working

The role: A Senior Property Accountant for a pan European real estate investor and asset manager who specialise in large scale commercial properties. The role is handling all aspects of client and property accounting for your own portfolio of assets.

Duties:

  • Oversee and lead a team of 4 
  • Preparation and submission of client statements, VAT reports, trial balances, general ledgers and client reports
  • Action instructions from property manager / asset manager which can include creation of new debtors with new leases, amending accounts etc.
  • Prepare completion statements based on details provided by management and running reports off the system
  • Raising rent, service charges, insurance and recharged or ad hoc charges to tenants
  • Raising and payment of void unit service charge liabilities for the client
  • Entering service charge budgets onto the system and updating apportionments and tenants on account
  • Preparation and reconciliation of annual service charge accounts as well as liaising with the property manager, centre manager and service charge auditor for the audit
  • Payover to the client in line with agreed procedures as well as record on the system
  • Preparation and reconciliation of funding requests to client
  • Monthly reconciliation of client bank accounts including investigation and correction of reconciling items

Requirements:

  • Minimum 5 years commercial property accounting 
  • Service Charge Accounting year end reconciliation
  • Knowledge of how to close service year ends and demand balancing service charges
  • Ability to reconcile service charges and make the necessary amendments on the system and prepare service charge cash reconciliations
  • Knowledge of how to input service charge budgets and amend apportionments and on account charges

Why should you work for this company?

  • The role has a natural progression to Head of Accounts
  • Excellent bonus scheme available
  • Exposure to some of Europe's largest commercial assets

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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