Head of Accounts - Property

Head of Accounts - Property

Salary: £30k - £32k + company benefits

Location: Burgess Hill (office based)

Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 17.30pm

Free off-street parking

My client is looking for a proactive, hardworking and diligent head of Accounts to lead the block management accounts team of four, to manage their workflow and ensure deadlines are met.

You will have a proven background in managing a small team with experience in a property management accounts role, ideally block is preferred. You will enjoy a challenge and be a natural problem solver with the ability to motivate and get the best out of your team.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a small team, delegating workloads and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Implementing new procedures and systems to maximise efficiency.
• Raising and sending service charge and ground rent invoices monthly & quarterly
• Bank Reconciliation.
• Working with the external accountants to prepare year end accounts.
• Assisting the property managers with budgets, debtors and credit control.
• Dealing with escalated accounts-based queries and ensuring clients are responded to in a timely manner.
• Working alongside the Head of Block management to ensure the smooth running of the department.
• Financial reporting.
• Interviewing, recruitment and onboarding new employees.
• Coaching, mentoring your team to reach their full potential.

The right candidate will have the following skills and experience to apply:

• Proven experience of managing finance team.
• Ideally AAT Level 3 qualified or QBE.
• A natural problem solver with the ability to troubleshoot and make process and system amendments to improve efficiency.
• Background in accountancy, bookkeeping and ideally the property industry.
• Great IT skills inclusive of Excel, using accountancy software, and property CRM system Qube would be an advantage.
• Confident communicator, with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.
• Strong team player with a great work ethic.

If you want to join a fantastic team who get on really well but need some leadership and feel you can have a positive impact on the business, please send your CV ASAP!