Senior Portfolio Accountant

Description

• Rendall & Rittner
  • Highly Competitive
  • Hybrid - London (Vauxhall)

You will play a pivotal role in delivering timely, accurate and insightful financial reporting across a diverse residential portfolio, ensuring our clients and residents receive an exceptional, transparent service. As a trusted partner to operational teams and client directors, you will turn numbers into clear actions, strengthening financial discipline, cashflow and compliance.

This is a hybrid role with meaningful flexibility and collaboration: you will spend two days per week in our London office at 13B St George Wharf, London SW8 2LE
, and the rest working from home. You will bring a calm, solutions-focused approach, shaping better ways of working and raising standards across the portfolio.

Most days, you will own the end-to-end accounting cycle for your portfolio-completing month-end close, reconciliations, service charge accounts and insightful variance analysis. You will regularly partner with Property Managers and Client Directors, resolve queries with pace, and lead smooth year-end and audit processes. You will also drive process improvements and strengthen controls.

• Service charge accounts and year-end packs delivered right first time and on or ahead of deadline.
• Clean audits with minimal adjustments and clear, professional communication with auditors and clients.
• Robust cashflow management: accurate reconciliations, timely income recovery and well-controlled spend.
• Insightful reporting that informs decisions, highlights risks early and surfaces actionable opportunities.
• Strong partnerships with operational teams and clients, evidenced by trust and positive feedback.
• Continuous improvement realised through simplified processes, better controls and smarter reporting.

• Producing accurate service charge accounts, month-end close, journals, accruals/prepayments and bank reconciliations.
• Preparing budgets and forecasts with clear commentary and variance analysis for stakeholders.
• Leading the year-end timetable, liaising with auditors, preparing working papers and resolving queries.
• Partnering with Property Managers and Client Directors to manage financial performance and cashflow.
• Monitoring debtor balances, overseeing supplier payments and strengthening control environments.
• Improving processes and reporting, leveraging systems and Excel to increase accuracy and efficiency.

• You take ownership for outcomes, balance detail with pragmatism and communicate clearly with non-finance stakeholders.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, service-led environment and can prioritise across multiple sites and deadlines.
• You are analytically strong, curious about the "why", and turn data into practical recommendations.
• You build trust quickly, handle challenging queries with empathy, and follow through until resolution.
• You enjoy improving processes and sharing knowledge to uplift team capability.

• Experience in residential property or service charge accounting, or other multi-entity/portfolio environments.
• Familiarity with property accounting systems (e.g., Qube, MRI, Yardi) and strong Excel skills.
• Track record of delivering year-end accounts and supporting external audits.
• Exposure to cashflow management, debtor control and supplier payment processes.
• Involvement in process improvement, automation or reporting enhancements.

• Competitive salary, aligned to experience
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, life assurance and enhanced family leave
• Fully funded training and professional development
• Paid sabbaticals as a loyalty reward
• Pension scheme and employee assistance programme
• Discounts across travel, retail, fitness and entertainment

Rendall & Rittner is one of the UK's most established and highly accredited residential leasehold property management companies, managing over 90,000 homes nationwide. Founded in 1990 on the belief that property management should be more professional, transparent and customer-focused, those principles…