Assistant Accountant

Job Title

Assistant Accountant

Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Assistant Accountant role within Global Occupier Services Finance team at Cushman & Wakefield. Focus on transactional processing for a portfolio of clients, ensuring all payments are processed and allocated on time.

Assist Client Accounting Manager with client reporting, manage expenditure funding and income for portfolio of clients.

• Assist with reporting to clients in agreed formats for all financial activities on the portfolio
• Review data changes on system and highlight any inaccuracies
• Preparation of month end journals/accruals/prepayments
• Monthly preparation of bank reconciliations and clear down of open items
• Monitor and reconcile all sub ledger cash balances and prepare client fund transfers
• Manage service charge year end audit process
• Prepare and manage client funding deliverables and timetable
• Liaise with Cost Management Team to clear historic aged creditor balances
• Liaise with Credit Control to clear aged debtor balances
• Review monthly governance pack and agree actions to mitigate risks relating to critical balances
• Assist with invoice charge raise process and recovery of tax invoices
• Ensure client process and procedures are followed and updated

• Working knowledge of financial and management accounting
• Capability to communicate in English

• Confidence to interact with multiple stakeholders
• IT literate to include intermediate / advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Excellent time management/multitasking skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Process driven and appreciates the importance of effective controls
• Places a priority on developing own knowledge and skills

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