SME - General Accounting

Job Description

We are looking for a Team Leader to lead Accounts administration team for property and assets management business

What this job involves:

Income Management

• Support the raising of rental income, including preparation of turnover calculations and maintenance of rent deposits
• Manage accounting for other income, (incl car park, shopping centres, and interest on late payments) and maintain income reconciliations
• Produce completion statements relating to property sales and the end of tenants leases
• Process tenant refunds as instructed by surveyors
  
  

Expenditure Management

• Liaise with site staff to ensure service charge expenditure is accurate, reporting any variances as needed
• Maintain accounting records for expenditure recoverable from tenants
  
  

Reporting

• Assist team with the production of regular client reports
• Complete banking summaries for clients within agreed timeframes
• Assist with the completion of statutory & regulatory reporting to HMRC & Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
  
  

Teamwork

• Work with the wider client accounting team to ensure workload is effectively managed
• Build strong working relationships with rest of team to improve outcomes for the team
  
  

Essential

• Knowledge or experience of basic accounting/book-keeping
• Minimum graduation in commerce or equivalent / M.Com / MBA Finance
• Good computer literacy skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be flexible and able to work under pressure, multi-task and effectively prioritise
• Organised, with attention to detail and able to work to tight deadlines
• Able to use own initiative to resolve day to day issues.
  
  

To apply you need to be:

• Accounting Background (B. Com/M. Com/MBA Finance)
• Ability to handle 8-12 team members
• Sound knowledge of Accounting including Trial Balance, sub ledger reconciliations and VAT accounting
• Strong accounting knowledge, people management, communications, interpersonal skills and a keen learner
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools, including Excel skills, e.g. Pivots, complex formulas, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and have ability to develop and manage stakeholder relationships (internal and external) remotely
• Must be able to work under pressure and prioritise work assigned and work to adhere to tight deadlines
• An approachable personality and adept at managing and developing capability of team and act with integrity
• Knowledge of Real Estate Accounting and PMS (Property Management System) will be an added advantage
• Prior experience of transition / offshoring will be an added advantage