Portfolio Accountant

### Portfolio Accountant## An established professional services organisation is looking for an experienced Portfolio Accountant to join its finance team in Hemel Hempstead.

This is a varied, hands-on position offering responsibility for a portfolio of client accounts. You’ll manage the accounting process from day-to-day transactional activity through to budgeting, reconciliations and year-end reporting, ensuring information is accurate, deadlines are met and queries are resolved efficiently.### The role

Your responsibilities will include:
* Managing the accounting requirements for an allocated client portfolio
* Preparing annual budgets, cash-flow forecasts and variance reports
* Completing monthly bank and control account reconciliations
* Processing journals, receipts, supplier invoices and payment requests
* Producing year-end accounts packs and supporting documentation
* Liaising with external accountants and auditors
* Monitoring outstanding balances and producing accurate debtor reports
* Investigating discrepancies and resolving unreconciled items
* Responding to queries from clients, colleagues and suppliers
* Maintaining clear and well-documented accounting records
* Identifying opportunities to improve processes and financial controls### About youYou’ll be an organised and dependable accounts professional who enjoys taking ownership of a varied workload. You should be comfortable managing multiple deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Ideally, you’ll have:
* Previous experience in a client accounting or portfolio-based finance role
* Strong reconciliation and transactional accounting experience
* Exposure to budgeting and year-end accounting processes
* Confident Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables
* Excellent attention to detail
* Clear written and verbal communication skills
* A proactive approach to investigating and resolving queries
* Experience using specialist accounting software### Package
* Salary of approximately £32,000, depending on experience
* 24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
* Annual salary review
* Employer pension contribution
* Funded learning and professional development
* Study support and paid study leave following probation

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| Salary: £28000 - £32000 per year | Job type:
Permanent| Posted: 21/07/2026

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