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Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 per annum
Type: Full Time
Region: UK - London
Town/City: Battersea, London
Posted: 08/06/2026
Listed in: Administration & Secretarial
Reference: BBBH12350_1780914314
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Head of Finance - Battersea - £60,000 - £75,000 DOE
Our client, a leading property investor specialising in companies with commercial and residential properties in London, are seeking a Head of Finance, a newly created role to support the director with implementing processes and managing the finance team.
Responsibilities
- Invoices: Ensure all invoices are addressed to the relevant company to which the cost relates and they are uploaded to QBO via a dedicated email address.
- Supplier payment: Preparing and processing supplier payments and ensuring that the director has signed all payments off.
- Invoice uploading: Loading invoices to Auto entry software for accountants, which feeds into accounts software, using dedicated email addresses for each company.
- Bank payments: Ensure all invoices are paid from the correct company to which the costs relate.
- Bank: Transferring funds between various company bank accounts to ensure sufficient funds held to pay expenses.
- Dormant accounts: Submission of dormant company accounts once agreed with the external accountants.
- Confirmation statements: Submission of confirmation statements once agreed with the external accountants.
- Deal ledgers: Property deal ledgers maintained on Excel to be updated on a timely basis, and to ensure all information is correctly detailed for accountants.
- Deal ledgers summary: Maintain profit and loss summary for all deal ledgers.
- Completion statements: Ensuring all sale and purchase completion statements are saved in the relevant company folders for accountants to access.
- Bank balances: Prepare a bank balances summary of all bank accounts in the morning and afternoon for the director.
- Communication: Serving as the main point of contact to the external accountants to provide answers and information to help the accounting process.
- Incorporation of new companies: Notifying accountants of all new incorporations.
- Companies list: Maintain and update internal companies list for all ongoing deals.
- Reporting: Producing various reports for the director on an ad hoc basis for various land and property projects.
- QBO: Access to QBO to produce creditor reports for director sign-off of supplier invoices to be paid and to reconcile any supplier invoices and payments discrepancies.
- Credit control: Rental income - ensuring rent is received for various rental properties per rental agreements.
- Review and submit tax returns.
- Oversee and manage a finance administrator.
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Skills And Experience Required
- Minimum 5 years' experience working in finance within property.
- Fully ACCA qualified - essential.
- Data entry skills and knowledge of spreadsheets, especially Microsoft Excel.
- The ability to work in a team as well as individually.
- Trustworthy and discreet when dealing with confidential information.
- The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Confidence to communicate effectively and accurately with a wide range of people, from senior management, customers, suppliers, and accountants.
- QBO software knowledge would be preferred, however, training will be provided.
Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 DOE
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 6:30pm, office based - underground parking available
If you are a proactive individual who is keen to progress their career within an established brand, please contact Anisha on the Business Support team at Dove & Hawk Property Recruitment.
Contact Information
0203 725 9835
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