Head of Client Accounting

Job Description

Join our client as a Head of Client Accounting! Our client is more than just a company — theyre a community driven by a passion for student welfare and property expertise. With ambitious goals in the PBSA sector, theyre expanding rapidly, securing significant national contracts and shaping the futureof student living.Role DescriptionAs the Head of Client Accounting, youll play a pivotal role in providing strategic leadership and oversight for all client accounting operations. Your responsibilities will include coordinating, reviewing, and supporting new business initiatives and clientpresentations with meticulous attention to detail.Youll lead efforts to manage and enhance financial controls and systems within the client accounting finance department, ensuring the integrity of the month-end process and comprehensive oversight of general client accounting activities. Your role willalso involve overseeing audits across the Operations Company structure within stipulated timelines, necessitating effective collaboration with auditors and clients.Paramount to your role is the meticulous review of financial statements and adherence to legal and company accounting guidelines, ensuring accuracy and compliance at every step.Key Responsibilities

• Oversee & support the co-ordination and review of all client accounting and client presentation packs.
• Build, run and maintain financial models and lead on financial analysis to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Manage the development of financial controls and systems within the client finance department.
• Complete the month end process and oversee all general client accounting activity.
• Work with direct report to drive the efficiency and accuracy of the month end reporting cycle, ensuring that the system and processes are used to their full potential to deliver quality management reporting.
• Responsible for ensuring that all companies within the structure which require audit have one completed in the required timescale, liaising with auditors and clients.
• Review submissions for quarterly SLT packs.
• Oversee the execution of period-end accounting entries by posting manual journal entries and processing recharges.
• Review of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company

Key Skills

• Excellent communicator who can articulate and reinforce our brand story, values and behaviours with your teams with great skills in both written and oral English.
• Shows interest in, anticipates, and responds timely to stakeholder needs, aiming to meet service standards consistently.
• Managing resources – Plans, coordinates and manages internal and external resources to accomplish role responsibilities and/or assigned tasks.
• Interpersonal skills – Gives timely feedback and coaches the teams to help them develop and grow to their maximum potential.
• Understands and recognises the value of other points of view and ways of doing things.
• Administrative Skills – Computer literate with strong application of Microsoft programs Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in producing sound technical reports.
• Pragmatic, creative approach to problem-solving, emphasising fast and practical solutions.
• Demonstrable experience of taking responsibility for own actions and development opportunities, maintaining high levels of integrity.

Experience & QualificationsEssential:

• Finance qualification.
• Relevant accounting experience in a business or finance environment.
• Management experience.
• Research & analytical skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in developing a continuous improvement culture and having an impact on the way things are done.
• Resilience and adaptability, as well as a great cultural diversity awareness.

Desirable:

• Experience working in the purpose-built student accommodation or Built to Rent industry.
• Working on client accounting.
• Comprehensive experience working with Xero.

If youre ready to join a dynamic, thriving team and make your mark in the PBSA sector, this opportunity welcomes you. Our client offers a remote work environment, with travel to their headquarters in Leicester for management meetings. Apply now and be partof a journey to elevate student living.