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Job Role: Senior Finance Manager
Based at: Baker Street
Reporting to: Financial Controller
About Dominus
Dominus is an integrated real estate investor, developer and operator specialising in the hotel and student living sectors in London and across the UK. Founded in 2011, we have grown into a market-leading real estate platform with assets under management of more than £2.5 billion. We employ more than 60 colleagues at our head office, with a further 400 people across our operational hotel portfolio. As part of our exciting expansion plans, we're due to move our head office from Shouldham Street to a larger, more modern open plan floor office on Baker Street.
About the role
You will be a key point of contact in the finance team, with the crucial responsibility of assisting the Financial Controller in managing the Real Estate portfolio of the business alongside the credit control/account payable function. There will be a particular focus on control to ensure the business is operating in an efficient and compliant manner.
Responsibilities
Financial Oversight:
- Oversee tax filings, financial reporting, accounting and development of financial models for all Real Estate investments.
- Process supplier invoices within the given timeframes ensuring that all invoices have been issued correctly to the right entities and per the agreed guidelines.
- Analyse financial data to identify trends and make informed recommendations.
- Maintain and enhance banking relationships to optimise financial operations including compliance reporting.
- Maintain financial control and discipline across all investments, diligently processing invoices and other finance documents. Regularly reconcile the intercompany balances across the portfolio, ensuring correct documentation is signed/filed when required.
- Provide strategic direction for tax, insurance, budgeting, credit and treasury functions alongside the Financial Controller.
- Assist the wider Finance team in the preparation of the Real Estate monthly management accounts alongside collating data for funding drawdowns and for the Project Review Meeting packs.
Compliance and Controls:
- Ensure adherence to all relevant financial regulations and internal controls.
- Monitor compliance with banking regulations and reporting requirements.
- Assist with any queries from HMRC, external professional advisors and overseas administrators.
Cash Flow Management:
- Assisting in the production of the cash flow forecast for the business which consolidates the Real Estate investments, site appraisals and development cashflow forecasts and EBITDA/NOI for operational assets.
- Monitor and forecast daily cash flow to maintain sufficient liquidity for operations and future investments.
- Analyse cash inflows and outflows to identify potential issues and opportunities for optimisation.
- Implement cash pooling and sweeping strategies to maximise cash utilisation.
Payments:
- Oversight of payment runs for all entities in the business and make urgent payments when required, ensuring that all invoices are matched to approved purchase orders and fulfil the criteria for inclusion in a payment run.
- Maintain the Purchase Order System ensuring no invoice is processed without a PO.
Other Responsibilities:
- Act as a bridge between Dominus Staff and external professional service providers.
- Proactively seeking efficiencies to streamline processes & systems.
- Build and maintain good relationships with all the departments across the business such as planning, development, investment and legal teams.
- Assisting with the year end audit process.
- Assisting with ad hoc technical accounting matters and other projects throughout the year.
- To support ad-hoc projects/tasks as and when required by the Financial Controller.
- Ensure adherence to all relevant financial regulations and internal controls.
- Monitor compliance with banking regulations and reporting requirements.
- Assist with any queries from HMRC, external professional advisors and overseas administrators.
About you
We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager who can build strong relationship with our operational team to ensure a close alignment with the operational team’s strategy for assets and ensuring the financial metrics are financially comprehensive.
Qualifications
- Qualified Accountant ACA/ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
- Ideally 6+ years’ experience, with experience at an operational real estate investment firm advantageous.
- A strong background in financial rigour is essential.
- Ability to work successfully as part of a small, close-knit team but also be able to work independently.
Characteristics
- Able to work under pressure and be flexible with hours around periods of deal completion or audit enquiries.
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to present information clearly and concisely.
- Efficient and able to balance multiple responsibilities
If you have any queries around this role, please email our investment director, Sahil Khagram at [email protected]. The deadline for applications is 31st August 2025.
