Interim Finance Manager Impact-led Real Estate Business

Interim Finance Manager Impact-led Real Estate Business 6-month Contract

The Client

Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a purpose-led social impact real estate group focused on tackling the UK's affordable housing shortage.

The business partners with Local Authorities to acquire and manage high-quality, demand-driven social and affordable housing across multiple tenures. Backed by institutional capital, the group is in a strong growth phase and is actively expanding its portfolio of homes across the UK.

With significant planned acquisitions and continued investment into its finance infrastructure, the business is now seeking a qualified Finance Manager or Financial Accountant to support platform-level reporting, performance management and strategic decision-making.

The Role

Reporting into the Finance Director, you will take ownership of financial reporting and performance management for a key platform within the group.

You will initially focus on ensuring accurate and timely historical reporting, before progressing into more commercial, forward-looking analysis and strategic support. The role combines financial accounting, management reporting, liquidity forecasting and business partnering.

Alongside monthly reporting, you will support audit and statutory processes, enhance financial controls, optimise ERP reporting capabilities and contribute to process improvements across the platform.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Production of SLT and Board reporting packs with clear variance analysis and commentary.
• Supporting consolidation into Group monthly and annual accounts.
• Assisting with year-end audit and tax return processes, responding to auditor queries.
• Reviewing historic ledgers and enhancing property-level reporting capabilities.
• Completing ERP migration of legacy data and optimising reporting outputs.
• Developing and documenting finance processes and controls (including RACI frameworks).
• Ownership of rolling liquidity forecasts and capital requirement analysis.
• KPI reporting, ROI analysis and asset performance assessments.
• Supporting the roll-out of purchase order systems and delivering training to non-finance stakeholders.
• Partnering with operational and investment teams to support business planning and capital allocation decisions.
• Producing updated forecasts and strategic plans with clear risk and opportunity analysis.

Essential Experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience producing management accounts.
• Experience in long-term financial modelling (property, development, infrastructure or investment environments preferred).
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems (Business Central advantageous).
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Commercial mindset with excellent communication skills.

Bonus Experience

• Exposure to regulated environments (e.g. Asset Management or real estate).
• Experience improving ERP reporting functionality or supporting system implementation.
• Experience in liquidity forecasting and capital planning within asset-backed businesses.

Location: London (Hybrid)

Day Rate: £400-£450 per day

Contract Length: 6 Months (open to extension or transfer to permanent)

Start Date: ASAP - Ideally first two weeks of March

Please feel free to get in touch with Ewan Fenley for more information ().

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