Assistant Client Accountant

We are looking for a motivated and detail-focused Assistant Client Accountant to join our team in Birmingham. This role will provide essential support across day-to-day financial operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing of transactions, maintaining records, and assisting with reconciliations and reporting. The ideal candidate will have a proactive approach and a strong foundation in accounting processes.

Assistant Client Accountant

• Maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with internal controls.
• Assist the Senior and or Client Accountants with Client delivery or own a set of smaller Client instructions.
• Preparing and issuing month-end and year-end reporting in line with internal processes and the signed Client PMA.
• Support the team with resolution of any Client reporting queries and join any regular accounting calls with Clients.
• Assisting in the preparation of VAT returns and audit support documentation as well as vat reconciliations.
• Preparing and issuing funding requests to Clients ensuring funding is reconiled at all times.
• Preparing and arranging the transfer of income collected on behalf of our Clients.
• Supporting completion of service charge year ends, cash reconciliations and budgets.
• Contributing to the mobilisation of new Client instructions and the handing over of ex-instructions.
• Supporting with the resolution of any unallocated cash resolved to ensure prompt posting to the accounting system.
• Raising tenant payable invoices ensuring all recharges are raised.
• Performing billing reconciliations to ensure income raised in line with lease obligations
• Liaising with internal teams and external suppliers to resolve queries
• Providing general support to the wider finance team as required

• Prior experience in an Accounts Assistant or similar role
• Strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and accounting systems (e.g. Yardi, Tramps, or similar)
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team
• AAT/accounting qualification (or working towards) is desirable but not essential

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Career development support
• A collaborative, inclusive working culture within a leading global real estate firm

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”