Property Bookkeeper / Accountant (Centurion)
Job Description
Responsible for the property finance administration in the Properties Department and assisting in the co-ordination, implementation, and effective management of Properties maintenance portfolio and system.
Minimum Requirements / Qualifications
- 3 Years experience in property administration or similar
- Degree/ Certificate/ Diploma in Accounting
- Strong Excel skills
- Knowledge of MDA Property / MRI Property Central system is advantageous.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to organize, plan and strategize
- A valid driver’s license
Key Areas of Responsibility
Finance Admin (Debtors/ Creditors/ Cashbook/ General Admin Tasks)
- Maintain Tenant Age Analysis
- Debt / rental collections.
- Tenant liaison– information, queries, concerns.
- Arrears reporting.
- All tenant billing.
- Reconciliations – current and historical tenant transactions.
- Generating monthly tenant billing including issuing of statements & uploading individual municipal slips from meter reading company.
- Preparing adjustment journals.
- Reconciliations – current and historical tenant transactions.
- Reconciliation & calculation of tenant deposit refunds.
- Daily receipting – allocating receipts to tenant accounts.
- Utilities recovery administration.
Property maintenance and co-ordination
- Responsible for co-ordination of tasks within the properties/ maintenance department
- Planning and implementation of maintenance schedules
- Processing, control and manage the full job card process on system
- All maintenance and projects to be monitored and ensure that deadlines are met
- Needs analysis
- Continuous feedback to maintenance team and customers
- Liaising with suppliers, service providers, contractors and subcontractors on various matters
- Dealing with city councils with queries and general matters.
- Obtaining comparative quotes from different suppliers
- Responsible for conducting monthly property inspections – including tenant entrance and exit inspections