Lettings Accountant

Lettings Accountant

Morden

Job Purpose
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Lettings Administrator to join our thriving property company based in Morden to support the Accounts department.
The successful candidate will be someone who is friendly, personable and reliable. We are looking for someone with previous lettings administration experience and knowledge of legal procedures and notices, that is wanting to join their expanding team. Knowledge of CFP an advantage however, full training will be given.
The requirement is for a proactive and organised individual who will be able to carry out tasks through to a successful conclusion. The successful candidate will be organised, efficient, able to work quickly and accurately under pressure whilst maintaining excellent client care at all times.

Hours of work
Working hours will be 9am - 5.30 Monday to Friday with one hour for lunch.

Your role will involve:
??Processing rents and paying landlords
??Dealing with day to day landlord queries with regards to their rents received.
??Chasing and maintaining rent arrears procedure
??Processing contractors payments
??Processing pdq payments
??Chasing outstanding fees from clients
??General office administration including taking telephone enquiries and responding to emails
??Serving legal notices, dealing with rent warranty claims and liaising with legal teams and solicitors for evictions
??Maintaining the filing system and software notes system
??Daily and Monthly Bank Reconciliations
??Processing figures when required and end of month to a tight deadline
??Completing staff commission sheets to a tight deadline
??General day to day office duty
??Carry out any such ad hoc duties as may be reasonably required from time to time and in connection with the above.

The Individual:
??Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
??A willingness to undertake administrative tasks in an efficient and timely manner
??Goods literacy and numeracy skills
??Friendly and helpful
??Flexible and able to prioritise a changing to do list
??Good listening skills, able to build strong relationships, is flexible/open-minded, solicits performance feedback and handles constructive criticism
??A desire to continuously learn and increase competency levels
??Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
??Good computer skills especially Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint
??Preferable CFP experience desirable but full training will be given
??Previous Lettings experience

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.