Description

The Role: Senior Finance Manager

The Client: Real Estate Investment & Developer

The Location: London City Centre (5 days in office)

The Role:

• Responsible for reviewing and signing off management accounts across all group entities, working with the finance team and our external bookkeeping provider to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Maintaining financial discipline across all group SPV entities and overseeing entity-level bookkeeping with support from the wider finance team.
• Coordinating the statutory accounts process across all entities, working with external advisors and ensuring completion in line with regulatory deadlines.
• Managing the day-to-day audit process coordinating audit files across all entities, keeping senior leadership informed of risks and findings as they emerge, and ensuring post-audit recommendations are implemented and reflected in ongoing controls improvements.
• Working with the FP&A team to coordinate with fund monitors and advisors appointed by lenders as part of the drawdown process, maintaining accurate and up-to-date accounting records across all facilities.
• Coordinating money movement across the group structure, including structuring and documentation of inter-company movements.
• Coordinating completion accounting on transactions, post-deal entity accounting, intercompany positions, and new SPV setup, working closely with the wider finance team.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to improve and streamline finance processes and systems working with the wider finance team on improvement initiatives, including opportunities to improve efficiency through the integration of AI.

The Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 5 years PQE
• Experience working in Industry, particularly Real Estate Investments or Real Estate Development
• Strong exposure to working for a Real Estate Developer
• Experience Managing a small finance team
• A track record of leading a multi-entity or group accounting function.

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