Experience

APML Estate

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Dec 2017 - Present

  Along with my team I am responsible for providing an accounting service that covers all aspects of commercial, residential, property project management upto and including Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss preparation• Preparation of quarterly management accounts• Preparation of annual financial accounts• Preparation on annual group office budgets totalling £15million• Trial balance, profit & loss and balance sheet analysis• Cashflow analysis• Development projects reporting and overview• Bank account management• Liaising with external auditors during the preparation of annual accounts• Completing Quarterly VAT returns• Review monthly bank reconciliations• Management and monitoring of all bank accounts• Approve supplier payment runs• Property Service Charge accounting• Managing, implementing and testing of Property Management Software (Propman) system upgrades• Property Management Software (Propman) training• Managing a team of 3 (financial accountant, accounts payable assistant and accounts receivable assistant) including training, personal development, coaching, mentoring, one to ones, appraisals and recruiting• Writing Standard Operating Procedures to assist the team in the performance of key tasks and ensuring there is adequate cover within the team• Working with key business stakeholders on developing and implementing projects, procedures and processes• Providing support to Directors and senior management



JLL

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate Director - Property Client Accounting Team Leader (Commercial Property Industry)

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  TUPE transfer from Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure TUPE transfer from Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure



Capita Real estate and infrastructure

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Associate Director - Property Client Accounting Team Leader (Commercial Property Industry)

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  • Managing a team of 7 accountants• Developing a relationship with the clients• Ensure team awareness of current developments and work in progress, ensuring all deadlines are met and that work is being carried out to the highest standards• Taking a senior role in the running of the section offering advice and instruction to other teams as appropriate• Managing the transition of client funds/portfolios to new agents• Ensuring that all revenue received and expended on behalf of clients are accounted for correctly in accordance with RICS regulations and current Government legislation• Ensuring all such transactions are reported to the client in a timely fashion and in the agreed format in order with the contractual KPI’s• Reviewing monthly and quarterly client reports, including trial balances, balance sheet and profit and loss items• Monitoring the audit of service charge accounts where external auditors are used• Preparing completion statements, or providing information to others, in respect of outgoing properties• Providing support for day to day queries from Clients, Tenants, Surveyors, Credit Control, Accounts Payable, Treasury and Facility Managers• Liaising with purchaser/vendor or Managing Agent to ensure smooth handover of outgoing properties or take on of new instructions• Reviewing and resolving historic accounting issues



MAPP

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Associate Director - Property Client Accounting Team Leader (Commercial Property Industry)

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2017

  Client Accounting Team Leader: January 2009 to February 2017Senior Client Accountant: May 2008 to December 2008Client Accountant: March 2007 to Apr 2008• Managing a team of client accountants working on mixed commercial portfolios • Team management including training, personal development, coaching, mentoring, one to ones, appraisals and recruiting• Writing Standard Operating Procedures to assist my team in the performance of key tasks • Reviewing and authorising period end client reports• Oversight of key clients with commercial properties including shopping centres• Attend regular client meetings• Working with key business stakeholders on developing and implementing projects, procedures and processes• Monitoring KPI trackers and ensuring ISAE3402 controls are being followed to minimise risk• Managing, implementing and testing of YARDI Voyager system upgrades • Systems training • Providing support for day to day queries from Clients, Tenants, Surveyors, Credit Control, Accounts Payable, Treasury and Facility Managers• Transitioning in of new properties and transitioning out of sold properties • Carrying out internal audits of client accountants



Millar Kitching Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate

• Property Client Account Manager (Commercial Property Industry)

  • Feb 1999 - Feb 2007

  • Supervision of service charge and purchase ledger staff• Monthly and quarterly client statement reporting for institutional, local authority and private clients• Meeting with clients and liaising with them on a day to day basis• Issuing rent, service charge, insurance, interest and other ad-hoc demands• Paying over rents to clients• Service charge reconciliations, dealing with external auditors and issuing tenant certificates. • Liaising with surveyors to produce budgets and inputting onto property management system • Service charge cap, RPI increase, rent review & late interest calculations • Submission of quarterly VAT returns and VAT reporting to clients • Producing all client management and investment fees• Liaising with RICS auditors, solicitors and bailiffs• Setting up new clients, properties, tenants, units, tenancies, suppliers, and bank accounts on property management system• Banking and posting of cheques, BACS, CHAPS and cash receipts• Monthly bank reconciliation of client accounts and calculation of interest earned• Client mortgage payments• Preparation of graphs and statistics for quarterly client rent collection reports• Internet banking with Bank of Scotland (HOBS) and Barclays (Business master)



TOPLAND GROUP PLC

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Property Accountant (Commercial Property Industry)

  • Apr 1998 - Feb 1999

  • Preparation of monthly management reports• Control of the sales ledger and credit control• Banking and posting of cheque, cash, BACS and CHAPS receipts• Monthly bank reconciliation of client accounts• Preparation of accruals, prepayments and inter company journals• Issuing quarterly rent demands• Arranging mortgage payments• Liaising with external auditors to prepare year end accounts• Liaising with solicitors and bailiffs • Preparation of monthly management reports• Control of the sales ledger and credit control• Banking and posting of cheque, cash, BACS and CHAPS receipts• Monthly bank reconciliation of client accounts• Preparation of accruals, prepayments and inter company journals• Issuing quarterly rent demands• Arranging mortgage payments• Liaising with external auditors to prepare year end accounts• Liaising with solicitors and bailiffs



SITA

• Switzerland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounting Officer (Airline Telecommunications)

  • Sep 1987 - Mar 1998

  • Supervision of three colleagues• Trial balance and balance sheet analysis• Preparation of monthly financial reports, cash flow analysis• Liaising and meeting with clients• Budgetary management and control of purchases• Monthly bank reconciliation of accounts• Submission of Irish quarterly VAT returns• Petty cash, the issuing of foreign currency bank drafts and transfers• Processing invoices each month, including verifying details, allocating accounts, entering onto accounting system and making payments• Reconciliation of supplier statements• Liaising with external auditors to produce year end accounts• Processing internal debit and credit notes• Preparation of accruals and prepayments• Preparation of various accounting reports using Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets• Credit Control