Corporate Financial Controller - PE-Backed PropCo

Our Client is a private equity-backed, multibillion-pound real estate investment and development company, currently building out a new finance function to support a major £2 billion+ completed development project. The PE firm has challenging targets to grow the value of the estate to over £3 billion within 5 years, making the scheme comparable with some of the UK largest REITs. As part of this evolution, they are creating a high-impact opportunity for a Financial Controller to join their team.

Reporting directly to the Estate Finance Director, with dotted-line exposure to and very regular interaction with the PE sponsors, you will work alongside the operational finance team who manage rents and service charges and take ownership of corporate and debt financial oversight and commercial reporting. This newly created role sits at the heart of a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a start-up feel - ideal for a driven finance professional with strong presence, commercial acumen, and the appetite to shape processes and add value from day one.

THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES for the Financial Controller will include:

• PropCo Accounting Oversight: Managing outsourced statutory accounting and group consolidations across the PropCo and its related finance entities, ensuring compliance with applicable reporting standards and deadlines.
• Real Estate Debt and Treasury Management: Leading the day-to-day management of complex loans (including senior and mezzanine) and related facilities. This includes interest accruals, loan drawdowns, covenant tracking, lender reporting, and maintaining strong relationships with credit teams.
• Cash Flow and Forecasting: Preparing and maintaining robust short- and long-term cash flow forecasts that reflect rental income, capex pipelines, and financing requirements across the property portfolio.
• Investor and Lender Reporting: Producing and presenting high-quality financial reporting packages to institutional investors, JV partners, and lenders, including portfolio performance, debt metrics, forecast updates, and variance analysis.
• Investment and Underwriting Support: Working closely with the investment and asset management teams to review, validate, and challenge underwriting models, investment appraisals, and scenario analyses, ensuring financial assumptions are sound and aligned with actual performance.
• Real-Time Financial Monitoring: Maintaining a live view of the group’s financial position, including liquidity and other key real estate metrics.
• Financial Systems and Process Improvement: Designing and implementing scalable financial reporting frameworks and internal controls that support the complexity of a growing real estate investment platform, including automation of recurring reporting processes where possible.

THE PERSON and SKILLS REQUIREMENTS for the Financial Controller role:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent), ideally with relevant experience in real estate / private equity.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, including IFRS, UK GAAP, and statutory/consolidated accounts.
• Proven experience with complex loan structures, loan covenant reporting, and compliance management.
• Commercially astute with demonstrated experience building, reviewing, and interpreting investment models, appraisals, and real estate performance metrics.
• Confident and effective communicator, capable of engaging senior stakeholders such as investors, lenders, and private equity sponsors.
• Hands-on, solutions-oriented approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up-style environment.

BENEFITS:

• £90,000-£100,000 base salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Hybrid working model (4 days in office)
• Pension etc.

Join a prestigious, PE-backed real estate platform at a pivotal point in its growth. This role offers direct exposure to institutional investors and C-suite decision-makers, involvement in a landmark development, and the opportunity to build your long-term career within one of the most sophisticated and well-capitalised names in the market.

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