On behalf of a long-established property company, we are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to work lettings and office accounts to ensure smooth financial operation. This is a part time role at 30 hours per week over four days, although a shorter working day over five days may be considered.

Holiday entitlement increases with length of service to a maximum of 25 days and you will also have your birthday off and parking will be paid, depending upon location.

As Accounts Assistant your responsibilities will include:

• Bank account reconciliation
• Process rent payments
• Keeping on top of emails
• Prepare landlord and tenant statements
• Making payments via BACS
• Processing deposit returns
• Inputting contractors’ invoices and managing payments
• Preparing remittance advice
• Handling queries from landlords, tenants and suppliers
• Quarterly and annual HMRC returns
• Credit control including chasing outstanding balances for rent etc
• Inputting Sage sales and purchase invoices
• Preparing purchase invoices for payment
• Parking permit renewals and other administrative duties

We welcome applications for this Accounts Assistant role from candidates with the following:

• Have significant experience gained within an accounting role
• Experience in property letting accounts would be an advantage but not essential
• Good general IT skills - knowledge of Sage and Axia (or similar lettings software) would be an advantage
• Have an acute attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Submit your CV for this Accounts Assistant role

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a student or graduate visa.

Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.