SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - 1 YEAR MATERNITY COVER - LONDON

To £85k plus benefits (discretionary bonus, pension, healthcare, 4 x salary life assurance etc)

West End offices - 4 days in office, 1 from home

THE COMPANY

Leading investor in primary healthcare accommodation across the UK & Ireland. The company owns 517 properties valued at over £2.8 billion and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The business has a team of circa 60 employees based at thier central London offices and Stratford-upon-Avon, with a further 30 employees in Ireland.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Finance Director, this is an opportunity to join a small, bright and friendly team. The team has seen very little turnover in the past few years, and this is testament to the happy environment the business has created. The Finance Director is really willing to let people work in new areas, and genuinely cares about giving people the chance to learn new skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilty of the role will be treasury management, preparing quarterly forecasts, variance analysis and completing other statutory and tax obligations, but these may change from time to time.

Management Reporting

-Preparing analytical review of the financial results and Key Performace indicators

-Managing the budegting process of the business in particular populating and updating the financial projections model and monitoring against actual performance

-Assisting the team with detailed quarterly and ad-hoc reviews of control accounts to ensure they are up to date, including introducing periodic procedures for junior members of the team

-Dealing with external auditor for the year end and interim accounts, including preparing going concern, viability and areas of judgement papers  as well as responding to queries

-Preparation of Board papers

-Debt workings, including but not limited to IFRS 9 analysis and any associated hedging documentation updates

-Assisting with the preparation of year end and interim group financial statements

-Prepare tax workings and quarterly analysis

-Business partner with development and asset management teams in order to report on costs to complete and input into the valuation

Banking & Covenant Reporting 

-Reviewing quarterly and half yearly bank covenant reports

-Day to day management of debt facilities including consent process

-Opportunity to be involved in several debt refinances

-Help manage the day to day treasury aspects of the business, ensuring most efficient use of deposit funds, cash sweeping and many online banking platforms

Tax

-Responsible for all relevant taxation matters for the REIT and Irish business including corporation tax and IREF submissions, CIS, SDLT and applicable capital allowances

-Manage the process for tax compliance and advice, liaising with tax advisors as necessary

YOU

-Qualified Accountant with several years industry experience, ideally within a real estate business with understanding of development projects

-Curious and inqusitive and not afraid to ask questions

-Have an eye for detail, probably with an audit background

-Comfortable in excel manipulating data

-Experience of the latest developments in reporting standards

-An exisitng knowledge of real estate taxes including SDLT, VAT and capital allowances

-Will inherently want to get things right and will not cut corners