This is a 6-month position to assist in ensuring the accurate and timely reporting of monthly management accounts along with having responsibility for ensuring head rent reconciliation's, turnover rent invoicing and tenant recharging is up to date and accurately reported.
The Assistant accountant will also provide support to other members of the Finance team including but not exclusively the Management Accountants and Financial Accountants.
Key Responsibilities- Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts to strict reporting deadlines.
- Managing and streamlining the tenant recharge process ensuring cost recharging to tenants Is undertaken where applicable in a timely manner.
- Reviewing the turnover rent process ensuring invoicing is completed accurately and in accordance with the terms of the lease.
- Responsible for completing head rent calculations by liaison with Asset Managers and landlords where required.
- Produce monthly profit and loss account and variance report with commentary for the Financial Accountant.
- Review operational income and expenditure and post journals as required to ensure accuracy of monthly reporting is maintained to a high standard.
Other Duties:
- Identify opportunities to improve cost management across the portfolio.
- Reporting of refurbishment expenditure - agreement with the Financial Accountant as to the appropriate treatment split between exceptional costs and capital expenditure.
- Working closely with the Asset Management admin team to manage rates and rate mitigation costs to ensure our liabilities are correct and refunds are received.
- Ad hoc duties as and when required.
Perks
- Immediate Start in Dudley
- Subsidised Onsite Canteen
- Onsite Physiotherapy
- Potential for Permanent Role
- Study Support for the Right Candidate
- Excellent Communication and presentation skills.
- Highly numerate and analytical with the ability to gather, manipulate and present large quantities of data effectively.
- Ability to liaise and communicate with senior management and people from a non-finance background.
- Be well-organised, with strong organisational skills and able to develop and monitor plans to consistently meet agreed deadlines.
- Should be commercially aware with the ability to challenge costs on all levels.
- "Can do" approach with strong initiative and drive.
- Willingness to challenge and critically analyse information.
- Proficient in Excel with ability to do VLOOKUP's, SUMIFs, pivot tables with ease.
Must haves
- GCSE Grade C or above in English and Math (or equivalent).
- Available to start W/C 22nd January or sooner.
- Experience in a similar environments working as Accounts Assistant
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