Assistant Finance Manager

Mcr Property Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate investment company is looking for an Assistant Finance Manager in Manchester. You will oversee financial operations, ensuring compliance and leading a team of finance professionals to ensure excellence. The ideal candidate holds a relevant accounting qualification and possesses skills in financial management and communication. The role offers a salary range of £65,000 - £75,000, along with on-site gym membership and generous holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Salary – £65,000 - £75,000

On-site gym membership

23 days holiday, increasing up to 25 days

Birthday off as paid leave

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with real estate experience or ability to adapt quickly.
• Strong financial and technical understanding required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of finance professionals.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial statement preparation.
• Build and maintain strong financial controls and compliance.

Skills

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)

Strong financial understanding

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Organisational skills

Job description

Assistant Finance Manager

Manchester

Permanent

Who are MCR?

MCR Property Group is a leading independent real estate investment and development company, operating nationally with offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow. Our primary focus lies in developing new build and conversion residential and industrial projects and managing a diverse portfolio covering every asset class, which includes around 7,500 residential plots and commercial/industrial assets exceeding £2 billion in value.

About the role

As our Assistant Finance Manager, you will be ensuring financial stability through effective controls, adherence to relevant compliance and regulation, and the smooth running of day-to-day financial operations.

You will provide guidance on technical financial matters to the wider accounts team and act as the go-to member of the team. In a role of seniority, you will lead, develop and motivate the team of finance professionals at various stages of their careers, and being a figurehead for financial excellence.

Key responsibilities

Leading an efficient and customer-focused transaction service covering the financial operations of the Group, including sales ledger, credit control and purchase ledger, you will ensure technical strength and rigour throughout the team. The role you will sit in is a very hands‑on, manual driven function, and you will support the Finance Director with the month‑end and year‑end close functions, including rents and service charges, fixed assets, work in progress and general accounting processes. You will be able to build, maintain and document a strong and operationally suitable set of financial controls and instill a culture of compliance. This will be shared within the team and across the group, developing and maintaining Financial Regulations appropriate to the structural composition of the organisation.

As an Assistant Finance Manager in a very manual role, you will ensure the timely and accurate planning for, and preparation of, the Group's annual financial statements and the subsidiaries. You will build a culture of continual improvement within the Finance team, measuring and monitoring performance and taking responsibility for the overall quality of output of the team.

Ensuring accruals and prepayment balances are scrutinised for completeness and supporting evidence is a key responsibility, and with this you will improve and maintain efficient systems, processes and procedures to ensure smooth transactions and solid relationships.

What you bring to us

Ideally, you will hold Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA etc), with Real Estate experience or a strong ability to adapt to a complex and regulated sector at a pace. You will have a strong financial and technical understanding, along with excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written including attention to detail. Excellent time management and organisational skills, along with an outgoing persona to match the nature of the role.

What we offer

• Salary – £65,000 - £75,000
• On‑site gym membership and parking
• 23 days holiday, increasing by 1 day a year until maximum of 25 days holiday.
• Birthday off as paid leave.