Property Accountant (FTC)

British Land Company; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Property Accountant to join their dynamic finance team. This role involves managing financial matters for prestigious properties, producing month-end management accounts, and providing financial support to site teams. With a focus on collaboration and improvement, you will play a crucial role in ensuring financial accuracy and compliance. This company values inclusivity and offers a supportive environment where your contributions can make a significant impact. If you are passionate about property accounting and looking for a rewarding career, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in property accounting, especially with RICS service charge.
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial matters for properties, including month-end accounts.
• Support site teams with financial guidance and service charge reviews.
• Produce annual service charge budgets and manage reviews.

Skills

Property accounting experience

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Process improvement mindset

IT skills (Excel, Word)

Education

RICS service charge knowledge

Tools

Qube or similar software

Job description

Career Opportunities: Property Accountant (FTC) (10713)

Requisition ID 10713 - Posted - Finance - London

Job title: Property Accountant
Department: Finance Property Management

LOCATION: Marble Arch, London

TYPE OF CONTRACT: 12 month FTC

PLACES, PEOPLE, PREFER

Our purpose is to create and manage outstanding places which deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis.

We are a FTSE listed business with a strong balance sheet and £13bn of assets under management. With just 600 employees, you’re given the ability to make a big impact and elevate your career quickly.

Our diverse, passionate team of experts works on some of the most ambitious, innovative and sustainable projects in the country – from our high-quality campuses across central London to some of the top retail schemes in the UK – providing a rewarding career journey where you can shape how you grow.

We believe in shared success and enabling people to be themselves. If you want to feel listened to and understood in an environment where your opinions count and bright ideas are encouraged, you’ve come to the right place!

In our recent engagement survey, 93% of our employees stated they were proud to work for British Land!

THE ROLE

We are looking for a motivated and numerate individual to join British Land’s property accounting team of approximately 20 people. Your responsibilities will include overseeing highly desirable properties and reporting directly to our property management financial controller. The ability to work effectively with various stakeholders across the business, including the site team, surveyors, and wider finance team is key to the role.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Day to day property accounting

• Manage all financial matters affecting the properties.
• Produce month-end management accounts, including VAT, bank, and control account reconciliations.
• Ensure all balances are understood monthly, specifically the rent, service charge, and direct recovery funds.
• Cashflow management for each property to ensure suppliers can be paid.
• Service charge compliance review.
• Raise income demands in accordance with internal timetables.
• Actively seek improvements to the procedures within the department.
• Resolve or escalate issues on a timely basis.
• Provide ad hoc reports and help set up new sites as required.
• Work with the property accounting team and wider finance team to achieve departmental targets and deadlines.
• Liaise with the accounts payable team and the property accountant’s team to resolve any outstanding service charge void invoices.

Supporting the surveying and site teams

• Produce the year-end accounts and manage the service charge review process to ensure service charge packs are issued on time.
• Support the site teams and surveyors by providing financial guidance including quarterly service charge reviews, mid-year forecasts, and ad-hoc queries.
• Provide financial support to new initiatives and commercial projects.
• Assist with the production of the annual service charge budgets in accordance with RICS guidelines.
• Assist with any occupier queries.
• Support with ad-hoc reports as required.

ABOUT YOU

• Property accounting experience, including RICS service charge.
• Ability to communicate confidently with accountants and non-accountants.
• Comfortable taking on responsibility while being effective working collaboratively.
• Quick learner, process improvement mindset, with strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent IT skills - Excel and Word, and ideally Qube or similar.

OUR SHARED VALUES
Our values are what we stand for at British Land; they connect us every day to our vision, purpose, and strategy. They help us to promote an inclusive, positive, and collaborative culture.

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

If you enjoy bringing your whole self to work, share our values, and are excited about our purpose, we’d love to hear from you! We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive process.

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Please note that we endeavour to get back to all applicants within 28 days. If you haven’t heard from us within this period, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.