Accounts Assistant

at  Property Personnel

Our client is a forward-thinking independent lettings and asset management provider that is growing in the London property market. With a talented, hard-working and high-performance team, the business is building a reputation based on the delivery of top-quality service for all its’ clients.
This is a very exciting time to join the company, as in the coming months the business embarks on the next chapter of its growth story with a rapidly expanding strategy into the institutional Build to Rent and Co-Living sectors. To support this, they are looking to expand their operational accounts team to help strengthen their award-winning service; and this is where you come in!
As an Accounts Assistant specialising in payables and receivables, your primary responsibility will be to support the financial operations of the organisation by maintaining accurate records of financial transactions, managing invoices, and facilitating timely payments and collections. You will work closely with the accounting team, vendors, and customers to ensure smooth financial processes.
If you have a good level of commercial awareness, are motivated, organised, hardworking and a strong team player, please get in touch today!

CASHIER TASKS:

• Posting and banking cheque receipts daily
• Posting receipts daily from standing orders, also setting up DDM where appliable
• Transferring receipts from the Central Receipts account daily and advising the bank of sub-account movements
• Requesting breakdowns & otherwise investigating unidentified receipts
• Checking unsettled receipts/ tenant credits and allocating where appropriate
• Posting unpaid cheques, sending letter to tenant and advising Credit Controllers
• Liaising with and assisting Credit Controllers, advising of any known issues affecting the chasing of arrears
• Running fund transfer reports and sending them to the Bank for sub-account movements
• Running the fund clearance routine daily
• Weekly reconciliation of Receipts bank account.

PURCHASE LEDGER TASKS:

• Filing of supplier invoices and other associated Accounts filing
• Preparing electronically/ postal received Supplier invoices for input into Qube/Reapit
• Barcoding and scanning supplier invoices
• Registering on Qube/ Reapit Purchase Ledger supplier invoices
• Telephoning suppliers to rectify incorrect billing
• Weekly reconciliation of Payments Bank Account.