Portfolio Accountant

Portfolio Accountant

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated and detail oriented Qualified Accountant or Qualified by Experience (QBE) Accountant to join our growing team in Shrewsbury. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in supporting the financial reporting, accounting, and data analysis requirements of our Living Sector and Private Rented Sector (PRS) client portfolio.

As part of this varied role, you will take ownership of the accounting and reporting for a diverse portfolio of clients, while also contributing to a range of project-based assignments and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will join a highly experienced team of 17 finance professionals, bringing together a broad range of expertise and specialisms. Working within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment, you will support clients alongside our wider property, planning, rural and minerals teams across the region.

Main Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly, quarterly & annual financial reports
• Preparation of advanced data analysis reports
• Preparation of quarterly and annual accounts for external auditors, liaising with them and providing additional information and explanations as required
• Handling monthly CIS returns for relevant clients. Advising/instructing other team members on the CIS process and ensuring process is followed before new suppliers are added to the system
• Overseeing the daily management of tenants' accounts starting with the holding deposit and following the process through to the monthly rent collection. Liaising with the property manager on arrears
• Overseeing the coding of invoices against budgets, and accuracy of data input on to TRAMPS
• Liaising with property managers and clients over the preparation of cash flows and budgets and reconciliation thereof
• Onboarding of new clients on to the various systems, documenting processes and ensuring reporting requirements are met
• Day to day management of our clients including managing changes in ownership, ad hoc reporting and queries

What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role, you will be a Qualified Accountant or Qualified by Experience professional with a strong background in financial accounting and experience of CIS reporting.

• Strong analytical and financial reporting skills
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work
• The confidence to engage directly with clients, presenting financial information clearly and professionally
• Strong communication skills with the ability to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders when required
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• A proactive and collaborative approach, whilst being equally comfortable working independently
• Experience of VAT administration and compliance
• Knowledge of TRAMPS property management software would be advantageous, although not essential

Why Join Us

We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

We are a place where people want to work. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.

About Carter Jonas

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients' future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

Our Values

• Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
• Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
• Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways:

• Communication – Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People – Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care – Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm's heritage and values
• Use of Technology – Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
• Teamwork – Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity – Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity

Job Details

Hours: Full time

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Shrewsbury

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace.