Finance Assistant

Join a leading property investment and management business with a large portfolio of high profile properties. This new role is to support a small team of Retail property managers based in SW London (Kingston).

The Role

This is a diverse and varied role which will bring you into contact with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders and requires proficiency across a large number of business systems and platforms. You will be responsible for the day-to-day financial administration of the business and support with budget management across the estate.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide first line support to the Centre Management Team and be the first point of contact for the Shopping Centre and its associated building’s occupiers and stakeholders.
• The provision of regular management accounts with commentary and exception reporting to assist the on-site management team in decision making.
• The administration of the computerised accounts system (Portal). Ensure the processing of all purchase orders and invoices is timely and accurate, all invoices are authorised for payment and all associated records are maintained within compliance guidelines.
• Support the management team with detailed analysis, payment queries, property management reporting and other financial support in the pursuit of their roles.
• Support the production and publication of the year-end budget pack with analysis and evidence to ensure the successful completion of financial audits.
• Provide expenditure analysis to support the formulation of budgets.
• Facilitate order production and liaise with the central finance team on invoice matching, processing, payments and other inter-company charges and queries.
• Provide procurement support for the team, assisting with supplier set up, contract processing and the adherence to procurement guidelines.
• Maintain expenditure tracking platforms and contribute updates during weekly operational meetings.
• Ensure professional and positive relationships are nurtured and maintained with all tenants, service partners and stakeholders across all communication platforms and regular in-person meetings are conducted.
• Enhance customer engagement across the asset with occupiers and provide effective communication across the asset with partners, contractors, occupiers and visitors.
• Produce regular newsletters and updates for occupiers across our digital channels.
• Maintain accurate contact details for occupiers and emergency key-holders.
• Support the internal Retail Support team in collecting sales data from occupiers.
• Maintain an overview of the numerous Health & Safety compliance platforms, monitoring items approaching renewal.
• Scheduling contractor visits and organising access permits.
• Requesting and processing various compliance documentation.
• Support with the production of various H&S, Environmental and Energy data reports, adhering to deadlines.
• Collate energy and waste consumption data for the centre and record accurately on web-based systems.
• Work with local community initiatives and be the centre’s Community Champion, recording all volunteering activity on Thrive platform.

About You

• Experience with financial accounts, reconciliation and budgeting processes.
• Strong numerical skills.
• High level of digital literacy with the ability to easily learn new platforms.
• Forensic attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to interpret and understand the business.
• The ability to deliver quality output to strict deadlines.
• Articulate communicator across all mediums.
• Confidence to work under own initiative.
• Strong experience on Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
• An ability to demonstrate professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality at all times.
• Experience of working in a facilities, retail or property management at any level.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety / Fire Safety policies and procedures.

Apply Now

Take the next step in your career and apply for this Finance Assistant vacancy today. We look forward to welcoming you onto the team.