Client Accounts Reporting Advisor

at  CBRE

PERSON SPECIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS

• ACCA/CIMA preferred (or the ambition to work toward)
• Experience in a professional financial services environment
• Excellent and technical understanding of trial balance;
• Solid understanding of VAT reporting
• Stakeholder management and client relationship management
• Key analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Ability to make decisions
• Excellent communication skills
• Numerical and analytically minded

ROLE PURPOSE

Working in the Real Estate Accounting Services team where the individual will be responsible for the delivery of complex standard or bespoke reporting to a portfolio of clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Primary point of contact for client group dealing with queries and providing support;
• Internal primary point of contact for Surveying and Management Services group; working closely with colleagues to provide clients with exceptional outcomes
• Responsible for the delivery of bespoke reporting to our internal or external stakeholders in line with internal or contractual KPIS
• Responsible for the delivery of full statutory accounts.
• Responsibility for the delivery of Vat reporting
• Preparation of complex financial Journals
• Responsibility review of Trial Balance and corrective actions
• Preparation of Reconciliations
• Preparation of Vat returns to HMRC
• Preparation of IPD returns
• Preparing reconciliation of clients’ funds and ensuring cash is paid over to clients in line with agreed procedures;
• Acting as the trusted advisor, driving and guiding client on their system and processes
• Coordination and resolution of funding issues across portfolio;
• Compliance with CBRE’s ISAE3402 control standard, along with any Client required control frameworks;
• Reviewing transition review packs and liaising with other teams within REAS to provide exceptional outcomes to our client;
• Attending client and internal meetings;
• Responsible for review and approval of other team members work prior to final submission where required;
• Responsible for assisting other team members passing on knowledge and skills particularly to new members of staff.
• Support re-engineering and efficiencies across teams