Client Accountant

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Primary purpose of the job:

Complete all financial reports in the service scope with agreed quality in due course, enabling Cushman & Wakefield GOS clients to maintain correct and credible financial records, and provide them with quality cashflow plans/sufficient funding proposals upon payables and receivables information.

Other professional qualifications required for filling the position:

· BSC/MSC degree in finance/economics is required

· Proven accountancy/bookkeeping studies are required

· 1 year relevant work experience required

· Finance processing or real estate operation experience in international environment is an advantage

Foreign language skills required for filling the position:

· English language upper intermediate

· Knowledge of any other European language is an advantage

Required skills for filling the position:

· Strong IT literacy

· Intermediate MS Office

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Excellent problem-solving skills

· Strong analytical mindset

· Able to work independently and in a team

· Strong work ethic

· Flexibility during times of change

· Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

· Proactive, enthusiastic and willing to learnt

Responsibilities of the jobholder:

· Enable the PSC and its Portfolio Administration Lease Finance Team to meet defined performance targets in relation to financial reporting and all aspects of Client Accounting or any other Lease Finance activity as required

Daily and other BAU tasks to deliver:

· Preparation of annual cash flows and periodic cash flow forecasts as requested by the client and in accordance with and consistent with the client’s financial requirements

· Provide information/reporting for/on VAT or other tax returns

· Maintains/creates monthly deliverables files

· Maintain and provide detailed information required to meet IFRS and local GAAP requirements to be interfaced to the client’s systems

· Preparation, calculation and checking of finance amendments to tenant/landlord accounts as a result of data changes

· Manage client payovers

· Ensuring client requirements and Cushman & Wakefield quality procedures are followed

· Maintenance and amendments to the chart of accounts and data structure within the Property Management & Accounting systems

· Contribution in month end closing activities (journal preparation and reporting)

· Assist in ad-hoc report preparation

· Bank reconciliation

· GL account reconciliations

· Collaboration with other departments (Data, AP, AR, CM, Estate Management)

· Day to day identification of quality issues and risks and escalation of such issues

· Establish and maintain professional and effective working relationships with external and internal clients, colleagues and management

· To provide advice / support to other team members to enable and ensure their contribution to outputs and adherence to procedures

· Supporting the maintenance of BAU process documents

· Client accounting query management

· Internal and external audit support

· Support critical balance management

· Supporting the team's back up structure