Accounts Assistant/Bookkeeper

An established property company based in North West London, with a diverse commercial and residential portfolio, is looking to recruit a motivated Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant to join its friendly accounts team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with at least four years' bookkeeping or accounts experience who is looking to further develop their skills and build a career within property accounting. Previous experience within the property or real estate sector is essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage bookkeeping activities, including purchase and sales ledger maintenance.
• Process rental income, supplier invoices and payments.
• Raise rental demands and quarterly service charge demands.
• Assist with service charge budgets, tenant apportionments and year-end reconciliations.
• Complete bank and ledger reconciliations.
• Monitor tenant accounts and assist with arrears management.
• Assist with VAT workings and preparation of VAT returns.
• Support month-end reporting and year-end accounts preparation.
• Maintain accurate financial records across the property portfolio.

Key Requirements:

• At least four years' bookkeeping or accounts experience.
• Experience within the property or real estate sector is essential.
• Good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and general accounting principles.
• Good Excel skills and strong attention to detail.
• Some knowledge of VAT and month-end procedures.
• Experience with MRI Qube, Yardi or similar accounting software would be beneficial.

This Property Bookkeeper/Accounts role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills across a varied commercial and residential portfolio, with working hours of 9.00am - 5.30pm and on-site parking available.

Fame Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer. We continually strive to improve our processes around our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.

Due to high volumes of applications, we are unable to respond individually however, if you have not heard from a consultant within 24 hours then your application has been unsuccessful.