Portfolio Accountant

 

An established professional services organisation is looking for an experienced Portfolio Accountant to join its finance team in Hemel Hempstead.

This is a varied, hands-on position offering responsibility for a portfolio of client accounts. You’ll manage the accounting process from day-to-day transactional activity through to budgeting, reconciliations and year-end reporting, ensuring information is accurate, deadlines are met and queries are resolved efficiently.

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the accounting requirements for an allocated client portfolio
• Preparing annual budgets, cash-flow forecasts and variance reports
• Completing monthly bank and control account reconciliations
• Processing journals, receipts, supplier invoices and payment requests
• Producing year-end accounts packs and supporting documentation
• Liaising with external accountants and auditors
• Monitoring outstanding balances and producing accurate debtor reports
• Investigating discrepancies and resolving unreconciled items
• Responding to queries from clients, colleagues and suppliers
• Maintaining clear and well-documented accounting records
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and financial controls

About you

You’ll be an organised and dependable accounts professional who enjoys taking ownership of a varied workload. You should be comfortable managing multiple deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Previous experience in a client accounting or portfolio-based finance role
• Strong reconciliation and transactional accounting experience
• Exposure to budgeting and year-end accounting processes
• Confident Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables
• Excellent attention to detail
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• A proactive approach to investigating and resolving queries
• Experience using specialist accounting software

Package

• Salary of approximately £32,000, depending on experience
• 24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Annual salary review
• Employer pension contribution
• Funded learning and professional development
• Study support and paid study leave following probation

Location: | Salary: £28000 - £32000 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 21/07/2026