Senior Client Accountant - Property Management Finance

The Role / Location

Savills is a global leader in real estate advisory, with over 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. In Ireland, Savills has been at the forefront of the property market for more than 50 years, with offices in Dublin, Cork, and Belfast. We are recognized as the number one player in the commercial real estate advisory market in Ireland.

We are seeking a Senior Client Accountant to join our Property Management Finance team. This role is critical in delivering financial and management accounts, reporting and compliance for a diverse property portfolio. The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting skills with excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

The role is based at Savills head office, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.

Key Responsibilities

Financial management and reporting

Prepare and deliver monthly reporting on landlord and service charge accounts to tight deadlines both to client and client appointed advisors.

Financial management of your property portfolio ensuring all bank, and other key balance sheet reconciliations, supporting lead schedules and analysis as required is completed.

Manage the service charge billing, expenditure, and lease management processes.

Compliance & Audit

Completion of the year end service charge audit certification process.

Compliance with Vat and others tax obligations recording, reporting, and filing.

Support audit process with documentation and insights to both internal and external auditors during audit engagements.

Ensure compliance with our property management departments documented control objectives and control activities.

Stakeholder & team Engagement

Collaborate with clients, fund managers, internal property managers, and site staff in meeting all commitments as part of our property service level agreements.

Support payables and receivables teams in maintaining precise and timely reporting of supplier and tenants accounts.

Operational efficiency and strategic growth

Support and actively participate in the implementation of automated and digital tools on our financial and operational workflows.

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency within the department.

Other ad-hoc duties as determined by the business.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

Qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA accountant with 3 years post qualification experience in a senior finance role.

Strong understanding of financial principles, operational processes, and best practices.

Interpersonal and communication skills, (written and verbal) with the ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders.

Ability to work well under pressure, to own and prioritise tasks and focus on meeting deadlines.

Experience within real estate and/or property management finance is highly desirable.

Highly proficient in accounting software and Microsoft Office, Word, and Excel.

Experience with large property systems is desirable but not essential e.g. Yardi, MRI, Qube, Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Power BI.

Savills aims to attract, recruit and retain the best people from the widest possible pool of talent. As such, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse working environment for all employees by striving at all times, to be an organisation which does not discriminate, values everyone’s talents and abilities and where diversity is positively promoted.