Group Financial Accountant

We’re Landsec

We are Landsec, we build and invest in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential.

We are one of the largest real estate companies in Europe, with a portfolio of retail, leisure, workspace and residential hubs. Landsec is shaping a better future by leading our industry on environmental and social sustainability while delivering value for our shareholders, great experiences for our guests and positive change for our communities.

Location:

This role is based in London, Victoria, and offers hybrid working, with four days in the office.

The Role:

• The Group Financial Accountant is a pivotal role, working alongside the Group Reporting Manager to oversee the Group Reporting team, with onus to reshape this into one of our highest performing teams. This is an exciting role, providing the successful applicant with insight into our core group reporting function, in a particularly interesting time following the successful implementation of new finance systems in 2024.
• Salary: competitive

The Team:

• The role will help oversee the day-to-day activities of two trainee accountants
• The role is also a key business partner to the wider Group Finance and Commercial Finance teams, as well as Performance Management and FP&A. This role will include ad-hoc reporting and transaction related support.
• The prime reporting responsibility will be to the Group Reporting Manager but on certain issues it will also be to the Head of Financial Accounting, Head of Statutory Reporting and the Group Financial Controller.

What you will be responsible for:

• Lead on the preparation and project management of the Group’s year end and half year processes, including timetables and creating template financial statements.
• Responsible for the preparation of the Group’s balance sheet and cashflow statement, and a number of notes for the half year and full year financial statements.
• Ownership of the relationship with the external auditors and responsible for project managing the Group’s responses to the audit, for example allocating information requests to relevant team members and resolving audit queries with the auditors.
• Prepare inputs to the monthly MI pack related to balance sheet and cashflow statement ownership.
• Responsible for coordinating the Group’s balance sheet reconciliations.
• Record accounting entries in the ledger for corporate transactions and activity, for example dividend payments.
• Management of the Group’s ledger on a monthly basis, including opening/ closing periods and ensuring intercompany accounts are in balance.
• Management of the consolidation process for the Group to ensure the accounting ledgers are accurate.
• Ownership of the bad debt provision in the general ledger, working with Credit Control and Savills on a quarterly basis to determine the Group’s bad debt provision.
• Assist in the preparation of regular and ad hoc, formal and informal papers for the Board and senior management on accounting or technical issues or processes specific to Landsec or the property industry.
• Deputise for the Group Reporting Manager when required.
• Other internal liaison (tax department, company secretariat, service charges) and external liaison (auditors) in respect of queries and information relating to management and financial accounting.
• Undertake ad-hoc accounting projects and special reviews as required.
• In addition to the responsibilities listed above, the job holder may be required by management from time to time to undertake other tasks or duties considered to be relevant to the general function of Group Finance and the business.

Your skills, experience and qualifications:

Essential criteria

• Accountancy Qualification
• Good understanding of IFRS
• To take initiative to identify and resolve issues
• Ownership of work, delivering to tight deadlines and with completing priorities
• Proficiency in adapting to and utilising new technology and software
• Ability to implement change to improve financial processes and systems
• Ability to clearly convey financial information to stakeholders
• Working effectively with cross-functional teams
• Building strong relationships across the business

Life and Benefits at Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer fantastic Learning and Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Below are some of our core benefits, make sure to visit our My Total Reward page for more information.

• Performance based annual bonus plan
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year. Enjoy an additional three-day December festive break on top of your leave and a special ‘My Day’ to take off for whatever you choose.
• Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution.
• Private medical insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance and income protection.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our Family policies page for more details)
• Two different share plans enabling you to share in the success you will help to build
• Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%