Opportunity for a Qualified Accountant to join a Global Investment Manager and support across a range of their Real Estate Funds. The opportunity is varied, with significant business interaction and will offer either a pathway into the Industry, or a step up for someone with similar Experience
Role Summary
Your role will be to provide financial accounting, management reporting, statutory reporting and an administration function for real estate funds. To help supervise up to three individuals, who are responsible for the accounting function, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of related tasks and to act in an advisory and supportive capacity.
Role Responsibilities
How you'll spend your time....
- To deputise for the Client Accounting Manager and aid in the control and supervision of a team of Fund Accountants. This includes recruitment and training where required.
- To review Net Asset Value computations for communication to investors and monthly Management Accounts, including the analysis and reconciliation of Balance Sheet and Income Statement General Ledger items.
- To review and sign off annual statutory financial statements.
- To review and sign off MSCI data and Management Information, including Liquidity Forecasts.
- To review CGT and capital allowance computations.
- To review the performance statistics with reconciliation to published industry benchmarks (MSCI), unit price movements and valuation movements.
- To provide management information required for Board papers, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of data as per agreed timescales.
- To administer and account for property purchases and sales including monitoring the VAT treatment of transactions, VAT options to tax, lawyer liaison, liaising with treasury, and provision of Capital Allowance information.
- Providing Fund updates to the Fund Manager, including adherence to investment restrictions.
- Act as a client relationship manager, including liaising with the client, the preparation of the bi-annual client relationship meeting pack and adherence to client restrictions.
- To help supervise up to three individuals with responsibility for management of up to two direct reports, including performance appraisals.
Key Capabilities
To be successful in this role you will have...
- Fully Qualified Accountant - CA, ACA, ACCA or CIMA
- Experience of Financial Statement Review, Management Accounts
- Experience in managing and motivating direct reports
- Self-starter, deadline driven and can work on own initiative
- Solid financial accounting skills, including ability to analyse and interpret variances
- Clear and concise communicator with experience of working with colleagues at all levels
