Macdonald & Company
Property Accountant
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Property Accountant
An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Property Accountant to join one of the UK’s leading property investment, development and asset management businesses.
With decades of industry experience, first-class reputation and an ambitious growth strategy, this business offers the opportunity to join a high-performing team and direct assignment to their impressive commercial real estate portfolio.
This is a pivotal role within the property finance function, combining hands-on rent and service charge accounting with financial reporting, business partnering and involvement in systems and process improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end rent and service charge accounting across a diverse commercial property portfolio, including office and retail assets.
- Prepare annual service charge budgets, apportionments, reconciliations, income & expenditure reporting and year-end accounts in accordance with relevant RICS professional standards.
- Administer rent demands, collections, arrears, rent deposits and rent-free period accounting.
- Prepare asset- and portfolio-level management accounts, budgets and financial reports, including variance analysis.
- Monitor capital expenditure across significant re-development and refurbishment schemes.
- Apply appropriate VAT treatments across rental income and service charges.
- Business partner with property management and commercial teams to support operational and financial performance.
- Support new property onboarding, data migration, systems enhancements and process improvement initiatives.
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About You
You will have demonstrable experience in a Property Accountant, Real Estate Accountant, Rent and Service Charge Accountant, Property Management Portfolio Accountant or Client Accountant role.
Ideally, you will bring:
- Strong rent and service charge accounting experience, including budgeting, reconciliations, reporting and year-end accounts.
- Commercial property experience preferred, although residential and mixed-use backgrounds will also be considered.
- A sound understanding of relevant RICS professional standards.
- Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and PivotTables, alongside experience with systems such as Yardi, MRI Horizon, Qube or TRAMPS.
- Excellent communication, organizational and stakeholder management skills.
- ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualifications are advantageous but not essential.
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Interested?
This is an excellent opportunity to join an ambitious, well-established real estate business in a varied role offering technical responsibility, commercial exposure and the opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of its portfolio.
For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact Jeremy Wright on 0207 318 5263 or via email.
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