Key Responsibilities
Key tasks and responsibilities include the following:
Financial management and reporting
- Ensure timely and accurate completion of monthly financial and management reporting packs for institutional clients
- Monitor service charge accounts and property-related financial transactions, ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.
- Proactively manage the finance relationship with internal and external service providers including the establishment and monitoring of service level agreements.
- Analyse financial data to identify areas for improvement and provide actionable insights.
- Develop and monitor KPIs to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning initiatives.
- Co-ordinate with key stakeholders to ensure that reporting commitments for each of the properties are met and that any issues are appropriately resolved on a timely basis.
- Oversee the financial management of the portfolio ensuring all key reconciliations are completed appropriately and with supporting documentation.
- Working with internal colleagues and external consultants to ensure compliance with filing obligations relevant to the property portfolio.
- Provide support to colleagues in the Accounts Payable and Cash Management teams to resolve queries and ensure that both the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable subledgers are maintained to a high standard, accurate and up to date.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
To succeed in this role, you will need the following skills, knowledge, and experience:
- ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified accountant with over 5 years of post-qualification experience in a senior finance position.
- In-depth understanding of financial principles, operational processes, and industry best practices.
- Proven experience in managing accounting functions, driving process improvements, and overseeing month-end and year-end close activities across multiple entities, including financial and management reporting.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop and implement effective solutions to achieve quick results, and challenge existing practices and policies.
- Experience in driving financial and operational improvements, particularly through the use of technology.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to foster strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
Randstad encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Whilst appointments will be made on merit alone candidates must be able to prove their right to work in the UK or the Republic of Ireland (as relevant). Randstad acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003
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