Commercial Client Accountant

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Job description

Commercial Client Accountant - OUR CLIENT is a well-established international developer who currently work on a large development project in London. Now they require a confident Client Accountant to take responsibility for the commercial property financial operations and who will be involved in other areas assisting the wider finance function as required in their London Office.

THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES for a Client Accountant:

• Setup and administer the life cycle of commercial leases from start to end.
• Setup and administer annual service charge budget and accounting.
• Continually review processes and procedures.
• Liaising closely with the external managers, administering money flows.
• Assisting the Facilities Manager to negotiate contracts as part of the budget setting process.
• Raising tenant demands for rent, service charge and ad hoc charges.
• Supervising credit control activity and arrears reporting, including chasing tenants for payment.
• Timely processing payments and managing the approval process.
• Liaising with tenants and the internal and external team, responding to queries.
• Performing bank reconciliation of Client Account money and liaising with auditors annually.
• Journal entry and reconciliation between the property system and Access Dimensions.
• Regular review of the tenancy schedule.
• Service Charge budgeting, forecasting and Budget vs Actual reporting, liaise with auditors re the annual service charge audit
• Coordinating production and reporting of the monthly Commercial Asset Report.

THE PERSON and SKILLS REQUIREMENTS for a Client Accountant:

• Solid commercial service charge accounting experience.
• Experience using a Property Management system such as MRI/Yardi, along with strong Excel skills as well as Access Dimensions.
• Happy to work in the office 5 days a week (occasionally offer 1 day WFH)

BENEFITS:

• 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays. Ability to purchase up to 5 additional days
• Discretionary bonus
• Health Insurance, Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, etc
• Study Support
• Great team atmosphere with lots of encouragement and support.

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