Client Accountant – Real Estate-Central London

Ref: (Ref: A22O036 )
Salary: £ 40,000 - 55,000
Specialist Area: Property Accountant
Type: Permanent
Start Date: ASAP

OUR CLIENT is a respected and long-standing name in the property sector; this national firm provides expert advisory services across residential and commercial real estate. With a strong reputation for excellence and continued expansion, they are now looking to appoint a commercial Client Accountant to support their growing finance operations.

THE ROLE: Key Responsibilities for the Client Accountant position include:

• Managing a portfolio of clients, properties, and leases.
• Maintaining accurate lease data and ensuring timely updates (rent reviews, renewals, assignments).
• Processing invoices and payments (rent, service charges, utilities) and reconciling ledgers.
• Preparing client statements, funding requests, and regular financial reports.
• Supporting service charge budgeting, forecasting, and year-end reconciliations.
• Handling bank reconciliations, cash allocations, and prepare client payovers.
• Monitoring arrears and collaborating with credit control, tenants, and property managers.
• Preparing VAT returns and reconciling VAT, including service charge-related VAT.
• Assisting with audits and supporting process improvements and ad hoc reporting.
• Liaising with surveyors, clients, suppliers, tenants, and auditors as required.

THE PERSON'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLIENT ACCOUNTANT:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in property or client accounting.
• Strong knowledge of service charge and lease accounting.
• Proficient with property management systems.
• Confident user of Excel (formulas, pivot tables, lookups).

BENEFITS:

• Hybrid work model (4 in office 1 at home). 
• Flexi start/finish times. 
• 25 days holiday.

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