Property Specialist - Property Income & Cost

Morrisons; Bradford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount 15%

Friend/family discount 10%

Annual bonus

Career progression

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension and life assurance

Healthcare benefits

MyPerks retail discounts

Free parking onsite

Family, maternity and paternity leave

Private healthcare

Job summary

Morrisons in Bradford is seeking an Estates Specialist - Income & Cost to support day-to-day financial operations across a major property estate, including processing property billing, rent collection from ~190 tenants and maintaining data accuracy in core Property Management Systems.

You will work with the Head of Estates to ensure VAT reclaims, track annual rents and service charges, and collaborate with Property, Retail and Finance teams to mitigate financial risk while ensuring compliance.

Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge or experience in estate management, commercial property billing, rent collection, or real estate finance.
• Proven understanding of leasehold commitments, compliance awareness, and operational risk mitigation.
• Strong systems literacy with hands-on experience using property management software (MRI Horizon advantageous).
• Strong numerical competence and reporting skills.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Estates to support daily financial operations across a major property estate.
• Managing the rent collection and active debt recovery process for approximately 190 tenants representing a portfolio value of £7.6m.
• Supporting daily financial processing of annual rents, annual service charges, and annual insurance.
• Assisting with the management and tracking of annual VAT reclaims.
• Owning routine data entries to ensure high data integrity in core Property Management Systems.
• Maintaining understanding of leasehold commitments to prevent penalties.
• Collaborating with internal teams across Property, Retail, and Finance.
• Representing the business professionally with external landlords, consultants, and advisers.

Skills

Rent collection

Property management

Data integrity

Financial processing

Leasehold understanding

MRI Horizon

Tools

MRI Horizon

Job description

The Estates Specialist - Income & Cost will join the Property team, who are responsible for all acquisition, new build, refurbishment, and financial management of our diverse property estate.

The Estates Specialist is responsible for supporting day-to-day financial operations and data integrity across our estate. This includes processing property billing, managing rent collection, and driving risk and compliance management to mitigate financial risks and prevent penalty charges.

This role would suit an experienced property finance, commercial property, or estate management professional ready to deliver robust financial administration and risk mitigation.

As an Estates Specialist - Income & Cost, you will be responsible for the following:

• Working with the Head of Estates to support daily financial operations across a major property estate.
• Managing the rent collection and active debt recovery process for approximately 190 tenants representing a portfolio value of £7.6m.
• Supporting the daily financial processing of annual rents, annual service charges, and annual insurance.
• Assisting with the management and tracking of annual VAT reclaims.
• Owning routine data entries to ensure high data integrity and accuracy within core Property Management Systems.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of leasehold commitments to ensure administrative and operational accuracy, preventing penalty charges.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with internal teams across Property, Retail, and Finance.
• Representing the business professionally when engaging with external landlords, consultants, and professional advisers.

About You:

• Foundational knowledge or prior experience in estate management, commercial property billing, rent collection, or real estate finance.
• Proven understanding of leasehold commitments, compliance awareness, and operational risk mitigation.
• Strong systems literacy, with hands-on experience using property management software (hands-on experience with MRI Horizon Management is highly advantageous).
• Strong numerical competence and comfort handling large financial datasets, tracking volumes, and maintaining accurate reporting records.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills to work effectively with internal teams and external property advisers.

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too. We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.