Property Accountant (UK Hours)

MRI Software; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

MRI Software is seeking a Property Accountant to support clients across property accounting functions. The role, based in the Cape Town office, requires experience in managing financial activities, including invoicing, credit control, and compliance with UK hours. Ideal candidates will have a background in finance or accounting, with organizational and communication skills. Enjoy hybrid working with substantial employee benefits that support work-life balance and professional growth.

Benefits

Office breakfasts and quarterly lunches

Medical Aid Scheme

Personal Pension plan

Parental Leave benefit

25 days of annual leave plus public holidays

Tuition Reimbursement Schemes

Two weeks working from anywhere

Qualifications

• 2-4 years’ experience as a property accountant is needed.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients and management.
• Good organizational skills to manage priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assist in all levels of Property Accounting and management.
• Credit control activities including aged debt reporting.
• Month/Year end activities like closing periods and GL reports.

Skills

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Independence

Dependability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Tools

MRI Software applications

Job description

From the day we opened our doors in 1971, MRI Software has built flexible, game-changing real estate software solutions to improve people’s lives. The only way to carry out that mission is to hire the absolute best employees on earth. People like you.

Work hard, play hard. Always. Our relentless commitment to client success, our employee resource groups and our promise to empower our teams to reach their full potential are a few examples of what makes MRI Software special.

And we’re insanely dedicated to creating a work environment that you look forward to every single day. That’s why we invest heavily in our employee engagement, so you enjoy the tech industry’s best perks. Together with the whole Pride, (lion roar for "family") employees, customers, and partners, we’re on a mission to break new ground and lead the real estate industry into a digital-first future.

We understand the need to provide a flexible working environment partnered with team collaboration and socialisation. Therefore, we operate a hybrid working model with 3 days of working from home per week. This role is based in the Cape Town office.

Please note, the successful candidate will be required to work UK hours, 09:00 to 17:30, Monday to Friday, and therefore will be able to take leave on UK public holidays in place of recognised South African public holidays.

Position Overview

The Property Accountant will work closely with our clients to help support across all property accounting areas. The tasks will include both subledger and general ledger activities. The Property Accountant will work on various projects as they arise, providing the chance to learn new systems, processes and procedures. The below responsibilities are not an exhaustive list, and each one could contain more sub-tasks.

Responsibilities

• This position will assist in administering all levels of Property Accounting and special projects as needed by management.
• Assist with creating transactions and invoicing tenants. This will also extend to posting receipts for tenant payments.
• Credit control activities will include aged debt reporting, sending arrears letters and liaising with Tenants to deal with any queries.
• Supporting with coding supplier invoices and producing supplier statements.
• Running the full end to end process with service charges (raising on accounts, recovering expenditure, billing voids & year end recs).
• Bank reconciliations.
• Assist with VAT reporting.
• Month / Year end activities include closing periods, running GL reports e.g. Trial Balance and reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• Onboarding new portfolios – static lease data & financial opening balances.
• Lease administration (reconciling existing portfolio data against the client’s leases and managing the lifecycle of leases).
  
  

Requirements

• Must be able to work during UK hours and South African public holidays (you will receive take UK bank holidays instead of SA bank holidays).
• 2-4 years’ experience as a property accountant with commercial or residential management company.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, peers, and management through written and/or verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work under deadlines.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage priorities.
• A high degree of dependability, motivation and flexibility.
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience using MRI Software applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Understanding of Property & Lease Management processes & principles.
• Comfortable with System Administration tasks (non-technical).
• Knowledge of Turnover Rent or IFRS16.
• Previous experience with client facing roles.
  
  

We’re obsessed with making this the best job you’ve ever had!

We want our teams to love working here, so we’ve created some incredible perks for you to enjoy:

• We want our staff to love working here, and so we’ve created a few unique perks such as office breakfasts, quarterly lunches and virtual social events. Additionally, we value your input in your employee experience and have employee-led groups such as our DEI committee, employee resource groups such as Women and Allies, and our Pride Event Group
• Have confidence in your health with our offered Medical Aid Scheme.
• Invest in our competitive Personal Pension plan and help set you up for your future.
• Big on family? So are we! Here at MRI Software we recognise that your family is important, and being able to spend quality time with your family as it grows is a wonderful experience. Therefore, the MRI Software Parental Leave benefit is designed to give you the opportunity to spend time with your new arrival(s).
• Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with 25 days of annual leave plus public Holidays, in addition to a bank of 16 hours of "Flex Time Off" to be used whenever and however you choose!
• Further your professional development with our Tuition Reimbursement Schemes
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world for two weeks out of the year!
  
  

MRI continues to strive to amaze as a global industry leader in real estate software. Whether you are joining as a new pride member or bringing your expertise back, your talent is important to maintaining MRI’s high client experience standard and continuing our growth in the PropTech space.

Amazing growth takes amazing employees. Are you up to the challenge?

We know the confidence gapand imposter syndromecan get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you!

As a global company, we believe diversity brings benefits for our people, customers and clients. This is why MRI Software is committed to being an inclusive employer, regardless of your ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, military and veteran status.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are values that are critical to our success; come and see for yourself.