Head of Client Accounting and Financial Reporting

The role

This role is responsible for overseeing the Client Accounting and Financial Reporting teams and their operational delivery, alongside developing and delivering the strategic aims of the clients.

The Primary Objectives Of The Role Are:

• Leadership of the Client Accounting and Financial Reporting teams, acting as an escalation point for all people matters and ensuring effective client service delivery for a variety of clients.
• Developing and driving a culture of high performance and success across the Client Finance department
• Effective line management and development of the team leaders
• Ensuring all statutory, legislative and internal process requirements are always met, including the requirements of HMRC, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and internal and external auditors.
• Risk mitigation and business process improvement to drive efficiency in service delivery
• Leading, managing and working on key strategic projects
• Collaborating with key stakeholders within the wider business lines to ensure a ‘one-team’ approach, through developing strategic advice to enable clients to deliver on their key goals

Identifying and driving opportunities for cost savings and fee generation for the Client Finance Department

Working with the Senior Leadership and Senior Management Team to continuously improve the Client Finance capabilities and service offering, to ensure the department is recognised both internally and externally as a leader in its field

Key deliverables

People

Effective People Leadership Is Considered Critical To The Success Of The Department, To Ensure We Attract And Retain High Performing Talent. As a Member Of The Senior Leadership Team, It Is Key That This Role Will:

• Provide guidance and motivate the Client Accounting and Financial Reporting teams to ensure they obtain results and achieve client and team KPIs
• Act as a mentor and role model to team members, providing coaching and support to the team to ensure appropriate levels of performance and technical skills are maintained
  
  

Processes

Processes Are Seen As Essential To The Operations Of The Team, Department And Wider Internal Stakeholders. As a Member Of The Senior Leadership Team, It Is Key That This Role Will:

• Develop, implement and continuously improve processes and procedures to ensure service delivery standards for internal and external clients are met and in accordance with all relevant legislation and regulations

Design and implement the departmental control framework and delegation policy relevant to their areas.

Work with internal audit and compliance to ensure that all compliance and control requirements are met; and

Drive forward the effectiveness of controls of activities performed by the team.

Service Delivery

The Client Finance Department Is a Critical Part Of Service Delivery To Many Of The BNP Paribas Clients And Is Considered To Be Market Leading. As a Member Of The Senior Leadership Team, It Is Key That This Role Will:

• Work with the Senior Management and Senior Leadership teams and other members of Client Finance to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and control of the operations;
• Ensuring contractual compliance across the team, including SLAs and KPIs are achieved on behalf of BNPPRE;
• Delivery of all service charge related and client reporting group tasks, accurately and on time.
• Ensure all queries are responded to in good time
• Ensuring all necessary Quality Assurance reviews have been undertaken and signed off before issue; and
• Assist in internal and external audits of financial information, procedures and controls.

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.