Client Accounts Apprentice (Manchester)
SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED · 12 Booth Street, M2 4AW
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Start your accounting career in Manchester with hands-on client finance experience, AAT training and support from an experienced team while building valuable skills for the future.
The work
About the team:
The Team consists of over 40 employees split across seven teams based in Manchester and Leeds, with 2 Directors and 7 team leaders. The team is responsible for the day to day client accounting and have a combined wealth of knowledge.
Day to day duties:
- Maintain housekeeping of Property & Lease data and financial data on databases.
- Assist the Client Accountants in reporting to clients (standard reports plus additional as required)
- Ensure accurate reconciliation of client reports (i.e. VAT, client statement etc)
- Site Income Reconciliations
- Prepare Instructions for Treasury department (following the relevant approvals) of the following:
- Demand recharges of costs incurred from Tenants
- Transfer of Rent monies to client
- Amendments to Client Accounts
- Payment of client property related transactions
- General maintenance of client funds i.e. tenant refunds etc
- Maintain professional working relationships with internal and external clients and ensure that good client service is delivered
- Other miscellaneous administration tasks as required
- Ad-hoc tasks instructed by Client Accounts Team Leader and Head of Property Finance UK.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Good organisational skills
- Word and Excel capabilities
- Good written, presentation and numerical skills are essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Diligent and detail driven
- Able to work individually and as part of a team
- Punctual, reliable, keen and enthusiastic
- Thirst for knowledge and self-motivated
- Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our graduate intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you're really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.
Training
Level 2 AAT or Level 3 AAT Apprenticeship depending on previous experience.
Full on the job training is provided to ensure all the required knowledge and experience is obtained throughout the apprenticeship to qualify successfully.
We will provide the full suite of Savills training programme including mandatory health and safety and office training, as well as specific training relevant to your role.
We ensure that your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is current and that all staff are fully up to date with changes to legislation and business needs.
Training provider: THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
What you come out with
We ensure that your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is current and that all staff are fully up to date with changes to legislation and business needs.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Resilience
- Building Relationships
- Decision Making
- Planning and Organising
Qualifications
- Essential · GCSE English 4 or C and above
- Essential · GCSE Maths 4 or C and above
Things to consider
You must be eligible to live, work and remain in the UK, within 1 hour’s commute of the office you are applying to.
The employer
Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world's leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.
Workplace
- 12 Booth Street, Manchester, M2 4AW