Assistant Accountant
Job Description
Assistant Accountant
Daventry, Northamptonshire
Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 per annum
Full-time, Office-based
Are you an experienced Accounts Assistant or Bookkeeper looking for a varied role where you can take ownership of your work and broaden your experience beyond traditional accounting responsibilities?
Macildowie is exclusively partnering with a rapidly growing, multi-entity business in Daventry to recruit a Property Assistant Accountant into its expanding finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to join at a pivotal stage, supporting the financial management and administration of the group's growing property portfolio. Reporting into senior finance leadership, you'll take responsibility for day-to-day bookkeeping and financial administration while supporting property management activities, improving processes and ensuring the smooth running of the wider portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain accurate financial records across the group's property portfolio.
- Record rental income, service charges, deposits and other property-related transactions.
- Complete bank reconciliations, process supplier invoices and support month-end accounting activities.
- Maintain tenant and landlord ledgers, ensuring financial information is accurate and up to date.
- Monitor rental payments, manage outstanding balances and follow up on overdue rent.
- Prepare financial reports, including rent arrears and other management information.
- Maintain tenancy agreements, renewal schedules and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate property inspections, liaising with tenants, contractors and external advisers.
- Support property valuation administration, maintaining accurate records and coordinating external valuations.
- Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes, financial controls and reporting.
You'll ideally bring:
- A strong understanding of bank reconciliations, financial record keeping and transactional accounting.
- Good Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with financial information.
- Excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to work independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with colleagues, tenants, suppliers and external stakeholders.
Interested? If you're an organised and proactive finance professional looking for a role where you can broaden your experience, take ownership of varied responsibilities and develop your career within a growing business, we'd love to hear from you.