A leading real estate investment firm is looking to hire a Financial Accountant into their London team. The company is looking for a qualified or part qualified accountant with industry experience or moving out of Audit for the first time (FS clients). The role is 5 days a week in Central London and is a socialable, non-corporate working environment, providing a number of attractive benefits.

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Responsibilities:

Reviewing quarterly management accounts, financial statements and other documents produced by fund administrators and assisting with the financial statements preparation process
Taking ownership of the accounts payable process including logging invoices and initiating payments
Preparing sales invoices for management fees
Preparation and submission of basic VAT returns
Review of corporation tax returns and other regulatory filings
Using accounting software (Xero) to record day-to-day transactions for the fund manager/investment advisor
Preparation of year end management accounts of the fund manager/investment advisor and assistance with the year end audit.
Assisting with the year-end Fund audit process as the point of contact between the audit team and fund administrators, and assisting with collating information requests and providing calculations/support
Assisting in the financial management of the portfolio companies on an ad hoc basis
Assisting with investor drawdowns and distributions
Liaising with external depository team to ensure regulatory compliance of the funds
Setting up bank accounts
Setting up companies and relevant VAT and corporation tax registration
Collating KYC requests for service providers

Requirements:

Understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS
ACA, ACCA or CIMA Qualified (or close to completion)
Ability to present information and respond to questions from managers, investors and service providers
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft excel and word

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