Overview
We are looking for an Assistant Property Accountant to join our Property Accounting team within Financial Management in Norwich. You’ll play a vital role in reporting and maintaining financial controls. You’ll produce insightful reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations. You’ll engage with structured learning and training to support your ongoing development. You’ll also collaborate with finance and surveyors, building strong relationships and resolving any issues that arise. Your work will be critical to creating an industry leading Financial Management team, positioning us as a Centre of Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Reporting And Key Responsibilities: Supporting financial operations and reporting requirements, including Trial Balance & VAT reports.
- Assisting with creation and delivery of ad hoc reporting to other internal and external stakeholders, such as surveyors and solicitors, as required.
- Review and reconciliation of tenant and landlord direct recoveries.
- Support others with financial operations relating to the mobilisation and demobilisation of property transactions.
- Supporting day-to-day queries from clients and occupiers.
- Perform any other accounting and administrative duties as needed in support of the property portfolio.
- Assist Property Accountants and Senior Property Accountants in the service delivery across the team portfolio.
- Maintain Financial Controls: Assist in the monitoring of key performance indicators on client portfolio and taking ownership for timely resolution of any issue.
- Timely and accurate completion of various control account reconciliations and monitoring of funding levels.
- Effectively manage risk by complying with company, accounting, and legislative procedures and controls. Identify problem areas and escalate issues promptly.
- Performance of other controls as governed by our accredited control framework.
- Engagement with Stakeholders & Wider Teams: Be a point of contact for specific clients for the day to day running of the property portfolio.
- Liaise with and support Surveyors, JBS (JLL Business Services) finance teams and other stakeholders on the portfolio, acting on requests and providing information in a timely manner.
- Attend internal and external meetings as required.
- Ensure strong communication links and working relationships are established and maintained with Property Accounting management, Accounts Receivable, Treasury & Control, Surveying, and other internal stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Strong Excel skills (including working knowledge of pivot tables, V-Lookups, X-Lookups and other similar formulae).
- Working knowledge of MS Office (including Word, Power Point, Outlook, Teams etc.).
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work as part of a team.
- 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.
- AAT Level 3 qualified or equivalent, with aspirations for further studies.
- Knowledge of Client Systems (Yardi/MRI/Horizon) would be advantageous.
Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility
We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding, and developing all our employees with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to background, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, political belief, disability or long-term health condition. We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process and employment accessible to candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Please feel free to discuss any adjustments with our recruitment team. We support our employees with juggling work, personal and family commitments and offer flexible working options and parental transition support.
Company Benefits
- Access to company private health scheme
- Generous pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Fizz Benefits – access to coupons, vouchers & discounts across 100s of retailers.
- 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Parental and flexible working arrangements with six months paid paternity/maternity leave
- Flexible benefits including sustainability options such as cycle to work and gym membership discounts
- Two paid volunteering days per year
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