Head of Accounting and Delivery in Birmingham

The Team & Focus of the Role

At Fisher German our people and our clients are at the heart of what we do. We have a unique opportunity to join our leading Commercial Property team in a role focusing on the financial management of a portfolio of clients and the properties held within those portfolios. The role will report into our Head of Client Accounting Services and will provide support in the delivery of management information to our clients. The role will also be responsible for ensuring the wider team are reviewing, implementing and following best practice in all operations. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our Birmingham office. We also operate a hybrid working policy.

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• An online money saving portal
• Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appointments for you and your family
• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)

Duties will include:

• To support the team to ensure delivery of reporting and services to clients to agreed deadlines. To ensure that all reporting to client is accurate, timely and robust.
• Ensure that client KPI’s are achieved.
• Act as the lead when undertaking onboarding and offboarding of entities, acquisitions, and property sales.
• Act as the lead when undertaking improvement projects with clients.
• Preparing monthly and quarterly financial reporting, bank reconciliations, supporting schedules and information and assisting with reviews where necessary.
• Reviewing and preparing service charge year end reconciliations.
• Reviewing and preparing budgets, forecasts and business plans. Analysing variances and providing commentary and explanations on those variances.
• To act as a lead client contact and to attend and lead finance meetings with clients.
• Liaising closely with other colleagues such as Property Managers in other departments and offices to achieve set goals.
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are undertaken and ensure bank reconciliations, VAT returns, Accounts Payable and Accounts receivable reports, accruals, deferred income and prepayments are reviewed.
• Advising clients on potential cashflow issues and cash management.
• Ensure accurate and timely database updates by regularly reviewing tenancy schedules for example.
• Continual review of processes and systems and implement procedures and controls to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Act as a coach and mentor to team and provide best practice advice.

The successful candidate will have...

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards
• Proven experience of leadership role in multi-disciplinary environment
• Experience of working in a busy fast paced finance function.
• Experience in preparing accounts to statutory level
• Ability to manage and prioritise conflicting timelines and pressures
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to delegate duties
• Advanced Microsoft office skills

Why Fisher German?

We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focusing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.

What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.

We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12-property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.