Private: Shellwin

Shellwin is a commercial property company based in the Thames Valley providing office and industrial space to a range of occupiers. We pride ourselves on providing flexibility and transparency to our customers and are strongly focused on innovation and environmental concerns. We are a small team with aspirations for considered growth and are looking for an efficient team member who is confident being customer facing, willing to problem solve and be creative in coming up with new ideas and ways of doing things. Able to work collaboratively but also independently, this is a role which can be shaped to suit and has opportunities for growth.

The Role

Predominantly an Accounting role but with further scope to get involved in the wider property management of a commercial portfolio based in Buckinghamshire & Berkshire to include;

o Monthly / quarterly customer rent and service charge invoicing & dealing with customer queries

o Calculation & recharging of additional services to customers where applicable

o Credit control

o Payment of supplier invoices & dealing with general queries

o Posting, coding and reconciliation of transactions on Xero

o Annual Service charge budget preparation o Assistance with budget vs actual monitoring

o Tendering and negotiating supplier contracts

o Working closely with the Directors on cashflow modelling when necessary

o Regular liaison with external company accountants*

Additional involvement could include;

o Occasional site inspections

o Dealing with maintenance issues

o Ensure statutory compliance where appropriate

o General Tenant liaison

– Keeping up to date with market trends and willing to input new ideas in relation to environmental and social concerns.

*External accountants will prepare the quarterly VAT returns, quarterly management accounts and annual company / service charge accounts.

Skills

– Strong bookkeeping and VAT accounting / accounts payable experience, preferably within real estate;

– Working knowledge of Xero is preferred;

– Comfortable working with other management software

– Excellent IT skills

– Good interpersonal skills

– Ability to take responsibility & work without supervision

– A UK driving license.

Hours

15 hours a week to be taken flexibly.

Location

Ability to work flexibly the majority of the time with weekly team meetings (face to face or virtual) and occasional site visits in Buckinghamshire / Berkshire.