Property Finance Assistant

Warwickshire Property and Development Group (WPDG) is a company limited by shares wholly owned by Warwickshire County Council (WCC). WPDG has been established to deliver high quality sustainable developments and drive forward housing, economic development and regeneration across Warwickshire, to provide WCC with a long-term income stream to reinvest in Council services.

The Group will deliver an initial portfolio of 12 development sites with a GDV of over £500m, whilst building up a pipeline of further

sites from the WCC property portfolio. WPDG will work with Vistry through a Joint Venture known as ‘Develop Warwickshire’ and with development companies to deliver additional schemes and acquire new sites from the market.

The Group has also taken responsibility to manage a diverse Council property portfolio of 600 assets comprising farms and smallholdings, country parks, schools, public buildings, industrial and commercial lets. The portfolio contains some residential property with the main focus around commercial surveying, landlord and tenant work, and rural estate management.

About the role

The post holder will have a role in assisting with running financial aspects of the business, principally on the asset management side.

Working collaboratively across the WPDG team and reporting to the Finance Manager the post holder will be the principal role in managing the WCC asset portfolio on TRAMPS. This is a tenancy management system that records the leases and facilitates raising of rent demands and recording of cash receipts. The role will cross over between property asset management and finance and would suit an individual looking to develop a career in finance or property management.

Although full training will be given, it would be beneficial to have some understanding of elementary finance, particularly bookkeeping.

This is a great opportunity to come in to help support the finance and property management activity at WPDG. In house training and guidance will be provided as well as the opportunity to undertake qualification and training courses to move up to the next level with the full support of the organisation.

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