Alexander Daniels are recruiting for a Property Accountant for a business based in Birmingham. This role offers great exposure in a growing business, working closely with the finance manager and supporting senior management team you will gain invaluable experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collating service charge budgets, working with the Asset Managers to agree costs andreporting to tenants within the RICS guideline timetable.
• Responsible for monitoring service charge recovery and explaining shortfalls.
• Producing Actual v Budget comparisons and working with Asset Managers to ensureexpenditure is kept in line with budget.
• Liaising with Asset Managers to respond to tenant queries.
• Service charge year end reconciliations - responsible for ensuring compliance withRICS guidelines (service charges reconciled within 4 months of the year end), liaisingwith auditors where appropriate, dealing with tenant queries in an appropriatetimeframes.
• Posting property prepayments and accruals.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost management across the portfolio.
• Liaising with Asset Managers and Credit Control regarding collections performance.
• Work with finance and Business Managers to develop specialisms.

The ideal candidate must have previous experience in a similar role and be working towards a professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA). Experience with service charge and rent accounting is a must, along with some exposure to month end processes and journalling. A good level of Excel skills is also essential (VLOOKUP, PIVOTS). This role is office based; study support can be provided along with some excellent benefits.