Group Accountant - Real Estate
OUR CLIENT is an established and growing real estate investment and development group. The business has a range of properties under management and is a leading name within the Real Estate sector. They have instructed us to help them recruit a technically solid Group Accountant to be responsible for preparing statutory accounts and contributing to the processing and audit of a sizeable group of property companies. The role offers scope for growth and development.
THE ROLE responsibilities for the Group Accountant will include:
* Preparing statutory accounts including consolidations.
* Preparing dormant accounts, Owners Partnership account, National Statistics.
* Preparing interest calculations and supporting loan administration.
* Preparing analysis required for the tax department.
* Internal control reviews to support the Senior Accounting Officer.
* Preparing property company VAT returns.
* Maintaining fixed asset register.
* Assisting with insurance processing.
* Assisting with rent roll audit and checks.
* Processing analysis for expenses incurred on behalf of charitable entities.
* Ad Hoc projects.
THE PERSON and SKILL REQUIREMENTS for the Group Accountant role:
* Qualified ACA or ACCA with at least 2 years PQE - ideally with real estate sector/property company exposure.
* Experience of preparing statutory accounts.
* Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
* Highly desirable knowledge of CaseWare for preparing statutory accounts.
* Experience and understanding of double entry bookkeeping.
* Ability to deal with accounting issues.
* Ability to understand taxation implications of accounting decisions.
* Ability to prioritise and work quickly and accurately to tight deadlines.
* Experience of VAT and CIS are also desirable.
* Excellent interpersonal skills including listening, building support, establishing rapport, and demonstrating awareness of internal and external issues in a calm and polite manner.
* Happy to be mainly office-based 4-5 days.
BENEFITS:
* Pension
* Life Insurance cover (4x)
* Discretionary bonus
* Health
* Sensible working hours/work-life balance.
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