Client Accountant
Gloucester
Client Accountant
Gloucester
Role Purpose
The purpose of the job is to act as a Client Accountant for the Property Management team to ensure that all required services provided in the office are carried out in a timely and accurate manner.
The role requires experience of working within a finance team in a property management company. Knowledge of Tramps or a similar property management accounting package (e.g. Yardi, Propman, MRI) would be an advantage.
An understanding of client accounting requirements to support a commercial property management team, along with intermediate MS Excel skills, would also be beneficial.
Key Responsibilities
Receipt processing
- Assisting with banking cash and cheques received
- Checking creditor invoices
- Dealing with invoices and supplier queries
- Completing weekly payment runs
- Producing client statements and ad-hoc reports
- Raising charges and processing ad-hoc charges (insurance, utilities, repairs)
- Raising tenant and internal invoices
- Maintaining client, tenant and creditor records
- Checking and running VAT returns for clients and submitting to HMRC via MTD
- Assisting with answering incoming calls
- Carrying out ad-hoc duties as required within the Property Management team
Must Haves
- Previous experience working within a finance or client accounting team in a property management environment
- Strong understanding of client accounting principles
- Experience processing invoices, receipts, and payment runs
- Knowledge of VAT accounting and VAT returns
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage deadlines and prioritise workload
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Reliable, committed, and professional approach to work
- Nice to Haves
- Experience using Tramps or similar property management accounting systems (e.g. Yardi, Propman, MRI)
- AAT Level 3 or above, or currently studying towards AAT (or equivalent qualification)
- Intermediate or advanced MS Excel skills (e.g. formulas, pivot tables, reconciliations)
- Experience working with commercial property portfolios
- Familiarity with HMRC MTD submissions
- Experience producing client reports and statements
What’s In It for You
- Opportunity to work within an established and supportive Property Management team
- Exposure to a varied client accounting role with end-to-end responsibilities
- Ongoing training and development, including support for professional qualifications (where applicable)
- Chance to develop specialist knowledge in commercial property accounting
- A collaborative working environment with experienced professionals
- Competitive salary and benefits package (dependent on experience)
- Stable role with long-term career progression opportunities
- Personal Attributes
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach to work
- Adaptable and willing to learn new systems and processes
- Methodical, organised, and detail-oriented
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients
Our mission of ‘Making Recruitment Personal’ also means making recruitment fair. As a result, we are committed to reviewing every application with a sense of diversity and inclusion. Please contact Cat at i2i Recruitment for more info. We strive to personally connect with each applicant, but due to the number of applications we receive, this is not always possible. We will still aim to update you on your application, regardless of if it’s successful.
