Client Accounts Team Leader

A role has become available for an experienced Residential Client Accounts Team Leader based in the London City office. The position is a supervisory role within a total team of 7 people. This will be an Associate level position

The function of the role is to assist the Regional Director in the accounting functions for Residential clients & to ensure controls are in place in order to manage a property portfolio. The Team Leader role entails the supervision of a sub-team and as well as being directly responsible for a particular selection of clients/property portfolios.

Key tasks and responsibilities include the following:

• Supervision and organisation of up to 7 team members
• Periodic reporting to clients (standard reports plus additional as required)
• Ensure accurate reconciliation of client reports (ie VAT, client statement etc)
• Instruct Treasury department (following the relevant approvals) of the following:

• Demand Rent, Service charge and other monies from Tenants
• Collection of monies
• Transfer of Rent monies to client
• Amendments to Client Accounts
• Payment of client property related transactions
• General maintenance of client funds ie tenant refunds etc

• Manage and maintain the Service charge funds of each property under remit
• Manage and maintain the property and tenant (lease) database for all clients under remit
• Liaison with Treasury Dept and client to ensure that cash-flow/funding for each property service charge is adequate
• Carry out annual property service charge audits and liaise with Asset Manager and service charge auditors to ensure completion within best practice guidelines
• Carry out annual property service charge cash reconciliations including full balance sheet with narrative
• Ad-hoc tasks/projects instructed by Client Accounts Director and Head of Property Finance UK.
• Ad-hoc tasks/projects instructed by Management
• Ad-hoc tasks/projects instructed direct by Client