Client Accountant

Job Title: Client Accountant

Salary: £35,000 - £38,000

Location: Birmingham

Keywords: Accounting, Financial Reporting, Client Management, Property Management

Our client is seeking a highly numerate and detail-oriented Client Accountant to join their team in Birmingham. This role offers an exciting opportunity to ensure the delivery of high-standard client and property accounting services, while also contributing to the continuous improvement of financial management processes. The successful candidate will have the chance to work closely with surveyors, clients, and other team members to resolve queries and maintain complete financial records. With a salary of up to £38,000, this role is perfect for those who are committed to providing excellent customer service and meeting deadlines.

What you'll do:

As a Client Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that all client and property accounting services are delivered at an exceptional level. You will be responsible for maintaining comprehensive records and managing financial operations, including applying accounting regulations, query management, service charge management, reconciliations, capex, opex, among others. Your ability to work collaboratively with surveyors, clients, and other team members will be crucial in resolving queries effectively. Additionally, your commitment towards continuous improvement will drive you to enhance processes for market-leading best practice financial management.

• Ensure all Client and property accounting services are delivered to a consistently high standard.
• Maintain complete and up-to-date records and financial management.
• Work with surveyors, Clients and other team members on the most appropriate actions to resolve queries.
• Support contractual compliance across the team.
• Assist in continuously improving processes for market leading best practise financial management.
• Act as a mentor and role model to the Client Accounting and Financial Reporting team members.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve processes and procedures to ensure service delivery standards are met.
• Work with internal audit and compliance to ensure that all compliance and control requirements are met.
• Participate in and monitor the effectiveness of controls of activities.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Client Accountant position is highly numerate with meticulous attention to detail. You bring proven experience from an accounting team within a property management or similar environment. Your excellent verbal and written communication skills will enable you to effectively liaise with clients, surveyors, and other relevant parties. You are either qualified or part-qualified in a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA) or have equivalent experience. Your expertise extends to bookkeeping, internal and external financial reporting, financial operations and associated processes and controls. An understanding of accounting techniques, including general ledger transactions would be advantageous. Above all, your commitment to providing excellent customer service and meeting deadlines is unwavering.

• Highly numerate with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of working within an accounting team within in a property management or similar environment.
• Qualified or part qualified in a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA) or qualified through experience. GCSE level qualifications including Maths and English.
• Experience in bookkeeping, internal and external financial reporting, financial operations and associated processes and controls.
• Understanding of accounting techniques, including general ledger transactions would be an advantage.
• Committed to the provision of excellent customer service and to meeting deadlines.
• Good skills in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Outlook). Experience of property management and accounting packages for managing agents would be a distinct advantage.

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a leading player in the real estate industry, renowned for their commitment to delivering high-quality services to their clients. They offer a supportive work environment where innovation and solutions-oriented thinking are encouraged. Their focus on continuous improvement ensures that they remain at the forefront of market-leading best practice financial management. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company that values the professional growth of its employees while also offering competitive remuneration.

This role is managed by Walters People entity which is a temporary recruitment agency.