Group Accountant

Group Accountant - Real Estate

£60k - £70k plus bonus

Central London

• Drive continuous process improvement in all areas of consolidated financial reporting, with a focus on efficiency and automation.
• Review results submitted by the Group’s subsidiaries and work with the region and entity financial controllers / managers and the shared service centre to understand, correct and explain irregularities to ensure integrity and accuracy.
• Review intra group balances and transactions to ensure they eliminate on consolidation
• Prepare and load consolidation journals and eliminations that are not automatically done by the consolidation system
• Prepare schedules and disclosure notes for the Group’s quarterly and annual financial statements under IFRS.
• Prepare internal financial reports and reporting to private equity owners and bond holders.
• Help develop the in-house reporting team’s capabilities to ensure successful quarterly and annual investors’ reporting and external audits for the Group.
• Escalate accounting issues internally on a timely basis to ensure that they are cleared ahead of the quarterly reporting and year-end reporting dates.
• Perform variance analysis and provide commentaries for senior management and for audit analytical reviews.
• Support transitioning the Group’s reporting processes into the new consolidation system.
• Assist in the preparation of working papers for the external auditors.
• Contribute to the development of the Group’s policies.
• Provide financial ad hoc analyses for Senior Management and take part in projects as required.