Financial Controller - Real Estate

Hanning Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Hanning Real Estate Recruitment is sourcing a Financial Controller for a UK real estate client. The role focuses on financial reporting, controls and day-to-day finance operations across property portfolio and corporate structure.

The successful candidate will own management accounts, P&L reporting, cash flow forecasting, debt schedules and statutory accounts coordination, while driving process improvements and maintaining robust financial controls. Hybrid/onsite in London.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Financial Controller or similar role.
• Experience in real estate, property investment or related sector desirable.
• Strong technical accounting skills and experience with management accounts and P&L reporting.
• Experience managing external debt schedules, loan balances and redemption figures.
• Well-organised, detail-oriented and deadline-driven with proactive problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain accurate management accounts and timely reporting.
• Maintain a fully reconciled P&L with income, expenditure, accruals.
• Maintain accurate credit schedules and monitor liabilities.
• Manage external debt schedules, interest and redemption figures.
• Oversee end-of-month cash flow processes and forecasts.
• Oversee payroll and month-end procedures.
• Coordinate statutory accounts with external accountants.
• Establish robust financial controls and reporting procedures.
• Develop and implement efficient financial processes across the business.
• Collaborate with senior management and external stakeholders.

Skills

Financial management

Technical accounting

Cash flow forecasting

Statutory accounts

Process-driven

Stakeholder management

Multitasking

Communication skills

Hands-on

Real estate sector

Job description

Our client is a real estate business seeking a driven, highly organised and commercially minded Financial Controller to oversee its financial reporting, controls and day-to-day finance operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the business maintains accurate, up-to-date financial information, robust reporting processes and effective financial management across its property portfolio and corporate structure.

The Role

The Financial Controller will take ownership of the company’s financial reporting and control processes, ensuring management accounts, profit and loss reporting, credit schedules and external debt records are accurate, well maintained and readily accessible. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is highly process-driven, detail-oriented and proactive in improving financial systems and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Management Accounts: Prepare and maintain accurate, timely and up-to-date management accounts, ensuring financial information is reliable and available to senior management for decision-making.
• Profit & Loss Reporting: Maintain a clear, well-structured and fully reconciled P&L, ensuring income, expenditure, accruals and other financial transactions are accurately recorded and reported.
• Credit Control & Schedules: Maintain accurate, reconciled and regularly updated credit schedules, monitoring outstanding balances, payment positions and any relevant liabilities.
• External Debt & Loan Management: Maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date schedule of external loans, tracking outstanding balances, interest, repayment dates, maturity profiles and loan redemption figures. Ensure redemption statements and lender balances are regularly reconciled and accurately recorded.
• Cash Flow Management: Manage end-of-month cash flow processes, monitor cash balances and upcoming receipts and payments, and maintain accurate cash flow forecasts to support effective financial planning.
• Payroll: Oversee the monthly payroll process, ensuring all payroll information is accurate, deadlines are met and payments are processed efficiently.
• Month-End Procedures: Manage and improve month-end close processes, ensuring reconciliations, journals, accruals and financial reporting are completed accurately and on time.
• Statutory Accounts & Compliance: Coordinate with external accountants on the preparation and filing of statutory accounts, ensuring all relevant financial information and supporting documentation are provided accurately and within required deadlines.
• Financial Controls: Establish and maintain robust financial controls, reconciliations and reporting procedures to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the company’s financial records.
• Process Improvement: Develop and implement efficient, consistent financial processes, improving the quality, accessibility and reliability of financial information across the business.
• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with senior management, external accountants, lenders and other relevant stakeholders on financial reporting, debt administration and compliance matters.
• General Finance Operations: Oversee day-to-day finance activities, ensuring invoices, payments, expenses and financial records are properly managed and accurately recorded.

Candidate Profile

• Proven experience in a Financial Controller, Finance Manager or similar financial management role.
• Experience within real estate, property investment, property development or a related sector is highly desirable.
• Strong technical accounting skills, with experience preparing and maintaining management accounts and P&L reporting.
• Experience managing external debt schedules, loan balances, interest calculations and redemption figures would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of cash flow management, forecasting, reconciliations and month-end procedures.
• Experience coordinating statutory accounts and working with external accountants.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and exceptionally process-driven, with a strong focus on accuracy and deadlines.
• Proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to identify issues, improve processes and take ownership of financial operations.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on role and managing multiple priorities within a fast-paced business.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with senior management and external stakeholders.
• 1-5 years experience

Personal Attributes

The ideal candidate will be driven, meticulous and dependable, with a strong sense of ownership over the accuracy and quality of the company’s financial information. They will take pride in maintaining well-organised financial records, ensuring schedules are always up to date and establishing efficient processes that enable the business to operate effectively.

Remuneration:

The role is paying a competitive salary, dependent on experience, plus benefits and bonus.

Hanning Real Estate Recruitment is a boutique recruitment business that prides itself on the advice that it gives to clients and candidates. Over half the Directors and team have come directly from the property sector giving us a deep knowledge and passion for the sectors we cover. We are a real estate recruitment business that is head quartered in London but have successfully completed mandates across the UK and Europe. Over 95% of our clients come back to us and we have over a 95% success rate on mandates worked. At Hanning Real Estate Recruitment, we can only do what we do by having a dedicated team that are passionate about 'people in property'.

As a property recruitment business, we cover all real estate asset classes. This includes, BTR, PRS, Offices, Retail, Hospitality, Retirement Living, Life Science, Industrial, Logistics, Self Storage, Data Centres, Alternatives, Land, and Housebuilding etc.

We cover roles such as Asset Management, Investment Management, Fund Management, Property Finance, Development, Agency & Leasing, Valuation, Development, Acquisition & Disposal, Investment Analysts and Portfolio Analysts etc.