Accounts Assistant
Halifax
Salary up to £28,000

Are you eager to be a part of a leading company and advance your career?

My client is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join their Accounts team. The successful candidate will be liaising with various internal and external stakeholders relating to queries regarding payments, supplier invoices and account arrears.

Duties of Accounts Assistant:

* Ensure you adhere to processes and procedures in line with data protection and Anti-money laundering requirements
* Assisting with the processing all Contractor invoices in a timely manner
* Chasing arrears and reporting findings to Director and Managers
* Taking credit card payments in line with company procedures
* Supporting Managers/ Director with Client Statement Distributions
* Supporting the production of commercial services charges
* Conducting full review of service charge expenditure and ensuring all posting errors are identified and corrected and posting journal transfers, accruals and prepayments as required
* Maintaining the general ledger and completing reconciliations coinciding with the year-end for the service charge function, ensuring all imbalances are identified and corrected
* Working with Managers to ensure that accounts are completed with a high degree of accuracy in line with the account's deadlines
* Producing balancing schedules to apportion service charge expenditure on the correct basis with reference to income billed on account, occupancy changes during the period and caps
* Completing variance analysis and producing final reports for the Managers approval
* Completing the closure of the final service charge reconciliation at year end, ensuring this is completed in line with the management agreement
* Providing the closing accounts, resolving any queries and clearing all ledger balances
* Acting as a key liaison with internal stakeholders on service charge matters, to resolve queries arising following the completion of the service charge accounts
* Sending out all invoices in a timely manner and diarising due dates
* Diarising and chasing payments due
* Maintaining and updating specialist databases
* Providing regular updates to RAM Credit Controller, Managers and Director

Essential:

* Experience working within Property Accounts and knowledge of service charges
* Excellent attention to detail with an ability to identify errors
* Good organisational and time-management abilities with a proven track record of meeting deadlines
* Strong numerical skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Self-motivated and able to use initiative to approach challenges
* Have a flexible approach to day-to-day tasks
* Strong understanding of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications

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