McCarthy & Stone
Development Accounts Business Partner (6-month FTC)
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About You
If you are an experienced service charge accounting professional who enjoys building strong relationships, solving problems and delivering high-quality financial reporting, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for a Development Accounts Business Partner to join our Services Finance team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to manage your own portfolio of developments, partnering closely with Operations Managers and key stakeholders to deliver accurate service charge accounts, budgets and financial insight.
This is far more than a technical accounting role. You will become the trusted finance partner for your portfolio, providing expert advice, challenging assumptions, supporting operational decision-making and ensuring homeowners receive clear, accurate and timely financial information.
Working in a collaborative and customer-focused environment, you will balance multiple priorities, meet statutory deadlines and identify opportunities to continuously improve processes, controls and reporting.
We will give you:
Financial:
- Competitive Salary
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
Lifestyle/Health & Wellbeing:
- 24 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- 2 fully paid volunteering days per year (supported by the McCarthy & Stone Foundation)
- Health benefits such as Remote GP, 24/7 access to EAP Services (including counsellors and legal advisors) and eyecare voucher
- Colleagues Benefit Booklet with a range of store offers discounts and promotions
Your Impact
As our Development Accounts Business Partner, you will play a key role in ensuring the accurate financial management of a portfolio of developments while building strong relationships with operational colleagues and supporting an excellent homeowner experience.
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You will:
- Prepare, review and distribute annual service charge accounts, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery.
- Produce annual service charge budgets, working closely with Operations Managers to develop realistic and robust financial plans.
- Analyse expenditure, investigate variances and provide meaningful financial commentary to support decision-making.
- Act as the key finance partner for your portfolio, building trusted relationships with Operations Managers and wider stakeholders.
- Support audit requirements, resolving queries and ensuring compliance with lease, accounting and regulatory requirements.
- Investigate and resolve homeowner account queries, providing clear and professional financial explanations.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and reporting across the Development Accounts function.
- Work collaboratively across Services Finance, providing support during peak periods and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
What we are looking for
You're a proactive finance professional who combines strong technical accounting knowledge with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
You will bring:
- Experience preparing annual service charge accounts and budgets.
- Experience managing a portfolio of developments, properties or client accounts.
- Strong business partnering experience, working collaboratively with operational stakeholders.
- Excellent financial analysis, reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working to strict reporting, audit and statutory deadlines.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence using financial systems.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification (or equivalent relevant experience).
- Experience within property management, housing, residential management or service charge accounting would be advantageous.
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Ready to Make an Impact?
If you are looking for an opportunity where you can combine technical expertise with stakeholder partnership and make an immediate contribution within a collaborative finance team, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today to join McCarthy & Stone on this 6-month fixed-term contract.
About Us
As the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high quality homes to exacting specifications. As of January 2026, McCarthy & Stone operates over 550 developments across the UK for more than 25,000 people.
We believe in championing the role, wellbeing, and happiness of older people in society. We help our customers have a better later life, so they feel more connected, recognised, and valued than ever. In late 2020 we launched the McCarthy & Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain.
We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2026 as well as making the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list!
At McCarthy & Stone, we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst our colleagues. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.
All applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, and we hold the right to appoint before the closing date.
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