Finance Manager - Property Management

In brief

**Job Title:** Finance Manager - Property Management **Company:** Excellerate JHI **Overview** This role at Excellerate JHI is for an experienced Finance Manager specializing in property management finance. It is a specialist position focused on managing the financial performance, reporting, and controls for property portfolios. The successful candidate will partner with Property Management, Asset Management, clients, and other stakeholders, overseeing the Client Portfolio Financial function to ensure accurate reporting, effective financial management, and meaningful financial insight for property owners and the business. The description explicitly states this is not a general corporate finance role and requires previous hands-on finance experience within the property management industry. **What you will do** Key responsibilities for this role include: * **Property portfolio financial management:** Taking responsibility for the effective financial management of assigned property portfolios, including preparing and reviewing monthly management accounts, managing forecasts and financial projections, preparing various financial reports, managing and reviewing general ledger activity, overseeing debtors and creditors, monitoring property income, managing monthly statutory reporting, monitoring cash flow and financial performance, preparing and managing property and portfolio budgets, analysing performance against budget and forecast, investigating and explaining financial variances, identifying financial risks and trends, and providing proactive financial feedback and insight. * **Client and business partnering:** Partnering with Property Managers, Asset Managers, and other operational teams, building relationships with property owners and clients, presenting and explaining financial information, providing financial insight for property and portfolio decisions, responding proactively to financial queries, and supporting the business in improving financial performance. * **Business unit financial performance:** Assisting with the financial management of the business unit by reviewing cost centre results, managing actual performance against budgets, coordinating financial inputs into budgeting, preparing projections, identifying over- and underspending, managing income and balance sheet items, monitoring and controlling costs, and providing variance analysis and commentary. * **Systems and process improvement:** Contributing by identifying opportunities to automate financial and reporting processes, improving management fee and portfolio reporting, working with the Financial Manager leadership team and CFO on finance-related improvements, providing financial input into system configuration and transaction treatment, supporting SAP, BI tools, and other property finance systems, and maintaining appropriate financial structures and reporting hierarchies. * **Audit, risk and compliance:** Supporting internal and external audit processes, responding to and resolving audit queries, implementing agreed audit recommendations, preparing monthly compliance schedules, ensuring appropriate financial controls are maintained, and supporting compliance with relevant financial policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. **Requirements (from the original advert)** The following requirements are stated in the original advertisement: * **Inherent requirements – non-negotiable:** * BCom Accounting Degree or equivalent relevant financial qualification. * Minimum of 5 years' relevant finance experience. * Demonstrable finance experience within the property management industry. * Experience managing or supporting the financial performance of commercial property portfolios. * Strong understanding of property income, tenant recoveries, operating expenditure, budgeting and portfolio financial reporting. * Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. * Strong financial reporting and analytical capabilities. * Experience engaging with Property Managers, Asset Managers, clients and/or property owners. * Candidates without relevant property management finance experience will not be considered for this position. * **Advantageous experience and knowledge:** * A relevant professional accounting designation or membership (including CASA, CIMA/CGMA, SAIPA or an equivalent recognised professional accounting qualification). * Candidates who are currently completing a relevant professional qualification may also be considered. * Demonstrated experience across a number of the following areas: Management accounts and financial reporting; Property portfolio budgeting and forecasting; Tenant billing, recoveries and income management; Debtors and creditors management; General ledger management and reconciliations; Cash flow management; Property operating expenditure and cost management; Capital expenditure management; Management fees, commissions and recoveries; Financial implications of leases and property-related agreements; VAT, income tax and statutory financial reporting; Audit preparation and responding to audit queries; Financial policies, controls and compliance; Variance analysis and financial performance reporting; Client and landlord financial reporting; Financial systems and process improvement. * Experience working with SAP and property management/accounting systems such as MDA, MRI or similar platforms. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate for this role is described as someone who: * Understands the commercial realities of managing property portfolios. * Can interpret financial information and translate it into meaningful business insight. * Is comfortable engaging with clients and senior stakeholders. * Is highly analytical and detail-oriented without losing sight of the bigger picture. * Takes ownership and follows through on financial issues. * Can manage competing deadlines across multiple portfolios. * Is confident challenging information where something does not make financial sense. * Works collaboratively across Finance, Property Management and Asset Management. * Looks for better, more efficient ways of doing things. **Deadline** 12 October 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/finance-manager-property-management-excellerate-jhi Source: myjobmag

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• At least 5 years of experience.

• Microsoft Excel
• SAP

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