Property Accountant

Alexander Daniels is recruiting for a Property Accountant for a business based in Dudley. This role offers great exposure in a growing business, working closely with the wider finance team and supporting senior management you will gain invaluable experience and have a built-in progression plan for the future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collating service charge budgets, working with the Asset Managers to agree costs and
  reporting to tenants within the RICS guideline timetable.
• Responsible for monitoring service charge recovery and explaining shortfalls.
• Producing Actual v Budget comparisons and working with Asset Managers to ensure
  expenditure is kept in line with budget.
• Attend site meetings to advise on financials for the relevant properties.
• Liaising with Asset Managers to respond to tenant queries.
• Service charge year end reconciliations – responsible for ensuring compliance with
  RICS guidelines (service charges reconciled within 4 months of the year end), liaising
  with auditors where appropriate, dealing with tenant queries in an appropriate
  timeframe.
• Managing Sinking Fund.
• Reviewing income and expenditure.
• Posting property prepayments and accruals and review of the purchase invoice
  register to ensure complete and accurate recording.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost management across the portfolio.
• Liaising with Asset Managers and Credit Control regarding collections performance.
• Work with finance and Business Managers to develop specialisms.

The ideal candidate must have previous experience in a similar role and be working towards a professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA). Experience with prepayments and accruals is a must, along with some exposure to month-end processes and journalling. A good level of Excel skills is also essential (VLOOKUP, PIVOTS). This role is predominantly office based with some flexibility, full study support will be provided along with some excellent facilities and benefits on site.

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