Ideal Recruit are currently recruiting for a Management Accountant to work within the Retail Properties sector. The role will be based in Blackburn.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to join a successful and growing company.

Experience using Sage is essential for this position.

The Role

As a Management Accountant for the Retail Sector you will mainly be dealing with shopping centres and high street retail premises. The ideal candidate for this role will be capable of running a team of up to three people along with providing training, guidance and career planning under them.

In the role of Management Accountant you will be responsible for:

Conducting service charge agency year end routines to prepares summary s/c year end activity records for review

Receiving the new budget and updating charging schedules for future invoicing

Work with Property Managers to ensure compliance with Auditors requirements and advise if a request will cause problems at audit

Follow procedures for Audit

Supervise Accounts Administrators to ensure they provide adequate support and service

Preparing monthly management accounts

Liaising with external accountants

Obtain instructions from Managers for accounting issues that arise

Administration of rent deposits, tenant refunds and bad debt provisions and write offs

Budgeting and forecasting on assets managed property and portfolios

Cost centre management and consolidation of accounts

Periodic preparation of VAT information for external clients

Manage charges and general interest account

Maintain all client bank accounts and records for audit purposes

Profit and Loss analysis

Balance sheet reconciliations

Cash flow reporting

Managing all accounts payable and receivable transactions

External and internal queries that are out of the scope of the Accounts Administrators

Provide adequate support and training to your team

Maintain integrity of the General Ledger and quality of information

Liaise with bank client liaison officer

Working with Rental of approx. £20million, Assets of approx. £250million with the ability to expand up to £1billion

The Successful Applicant

We are looking for someone who has:

Previous experience with Management Accounts (ideally retail property)

Strong systems experience

Experience managing a team

The ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

A confident approach and enthusiasm in adding value to the business

The ability to organise their own workload and work efficiently

Hours of Work

Monday - Friday

9am - 5.30pm / 6.30pm (dependant on the work load)

Extra hours may be required during busy periods

For a confidential discussion, please contact Nicki Roberts @ Ideal Recruit

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