Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 per annum, dependent on experience
About Us
A growing accountancy and advisory firm is seeking an External Management Accountant to join its expanding outsourcing and client accounting team. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified or part-qualified accountant with strong bookkeeping, management accounting, and stakeholder management experience.
The role will focus on delivering end-to-end bookkeeping and high-quality management accounts for a residential property portfolio, with a particular emphasis on Built-to-Rent operations. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, asset managers, property teams, and investors, providing accurate reporting, clear financial insight, and practical support to help drive portfolio performance.
This position would suit someone who enjoys a client-facing role, working across multiple entities, maintaining strong financial controls, and delivering meaningful commercial insight.
Responsibilities
* Prepare monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow reporting.
* Produce clear variance analysis and commentary to support decision-making.
* Maintain accurate bookkeeping records across multiple entities and SPVs.
* Process transactions, journals, accruals, prepayments, and month-end adjustments.
* Complete bank, balance sheet, intercompany, and control account reconciliations.
* Reconcile rent rolls and monitor rental income, arrears, voids, incentives, and tenant balances.
* Resolve tenant billing discrepancies and liaise with property teams where required.
* Support annual budgets, forecasts, and cash flow planning.
* Provide insight on occupancy, cost control, portfolio performance, and financial efficiency.
* Act as a key finance contact for senior management, asset managers, investors, and operational teams.
* Support audit preparation, tax reporting, and wider compliance requirements.
* Identify and implement improvements to financial systems, processes, controls, and reporting.
Requirements
* Qualified or part-qualified accountant, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
* Proven experience in bookkeeping and management accounting.
* Strong month-end reporting experience, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow preparation.
* Experience working across multiple entities, SPVs, or client portfolios.
* Understanding of rent rolls, service charges, arrears, voids, and property KPIs would be beneficial.
* Strong Excel skills and confident use of accounting or financial reporting systems.
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
* High attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines.
* Commercially minded, proactive, and comfortable working in a client-facing role.
* Competitive salary package with regular reviews.
* Hybrid and flexible working options.
* Support for professional development and career progression.
* Private healthcare or healthcare cash plan.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Life assurance.
* Enhanced family leave policies.
* Option to purchase additional annual leave.
* Volunteer leave.
* Regular social events and team activities.
* Access to employee discounts and benefits platform.
* Supportive working environment with ongoing training and development opportunities.
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