Client Accounting Specialist

2 days ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom BNP Paribas Real Estate Full time

The Client Accountant plays a crucial role at BNP Paribas Real Estate, ensuring the timely and effective management of Client Accounting and Financial Reporting. Key responsibilities include ensuring all Client and property accounting services are delivered to a high standard, maintaining complete and up-to-date records and financial management, and working with surveyors, Clients, and other team members to resolve queries.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage existing Client relationships
  • Work on a broad range of projects, referring to senior colleagues or external specialists as needed
  • Develop, implement, and continuously improve processes and procedures to ensure service delivery standards are met
  • Work with internal audit and compliance to ensure all compliance and control requirements are met
  • Act as the principal contact point for Clients, surveyors, and other relevant parties on all aspects of accounting service delivery
  • Monitor and produce client accounting records, including client statements and/or profit and loss and balance sheet reporting, VAT and other tax reporting, charges to Occupiers and Clients, reconciliations, CIS, rent deposits, and bank, cash, and service charge reconciliations, query response, and maintaining and collating supporting information as required
  • Ensure that services are delivered in accordance with the agreed contract
  • Attend client meetings as required and work with clients to understand their needs, interpret requirements, and respond as appropriate
  • Work with team members on the structuring of accounting records and achievement of reporting goals
  • Ensure all necessary Quality Assurance reviews have been undertaken and signed off before issue
  • Assist in internal and external audits of financial information, procedures, and controls
  • Coordinate the delivery of the reporting team tasks for specific client finance projects
  • Main point of contact for the resolution of project-related issues, working with the Central team to ensure a smooth delivery from a Reporting team perspective
  • Responsible for the preparation, monitoring, and delivery of specific projects as required by the Reporting team AD/SAD
Person Specification
  • Qualified or part-qualified in a recognized accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA) or qualified through experience
  • GCSE level qualifications including Maths and English
  • Highly numerate with strong attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience of working within an accounting team within a property management or similar environment
  • Experience in bookkeeping, internal and external financial reporting, financial operations, and associated processes and controls
  • Tenacious, presentable, assertive, adaptable, self-aware, and self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills and a professional manner
  • Conscientious and highly focussed, with an understanding of accounting and an appreciation of data protection issues
  • Understanding of accounting techniques, including general ledger transactions, would be an advantage
  • Committed to the provision of excellent customer service and to meeting deadlines
  • Commercially astute, innovative, and solutions-oriented
  • Organized and methodical, able to work to tight deadlines and manage time effectively, whilst also able to manage multiple projects
  • Good skills in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
  • Experience of property management and accounting packages for managing agents (ideally Trace Tramps, or similar packages such as Yardi Propware / Voyager, Qube Horizon) would be a distinct advantage


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