Senior Property Accountant

Sewell Wallis has an exciting opportunity to work for our client, a high-growth property business based in Manchester to join them initially on a 6 month contract with a view to extending or making permanent during that time.

This business has a truly collaborative culture where everyone receives a warm welcome in a sociable environment and where everyone is approachable and accessible. There is an emphasis on trust, transparency, and accountability, supporting clear communication and effective co-operation. A problem shared is a problem halved. All their work is teamwork.

We're looking for an experienced mentor who can help support the development and progression of a small team of part and newly qualified accountants responsible for preparing the management accounts for a property portfolio.

What will you be doing?

• Review and preparation of monthly management accounts and variance analysis.
• Review and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Production of monthly and quarterly cash reporting.
• Review of monthly CIS returns.
• Review of monthly and quarterly VAT returns.
• Preparation of quarterly debt compliance reporting.
• Production of quarterly group consolidated management accounts and reporting.
• Key involvement in the preparation and review of annual accounts and supporting the year-end audit.
• Management of Assistant Accountant.
• Supporting the Senior Finance Manager in managing the team's deliverables.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in current financial processes and leading projects to implement process enhancements.

What skills do we need?

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).
• 3+ years of property accounting experience.
• Mentoring/management experience.
• Strong system skills along with advanced Excel.
• Highly analytical with a proven ability to understand numbers.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Self-starter capable of finding solutions with minimal supervision.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to set priorities, manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

What's on offer?

• Salary of up to £65,000.
• State of the art offices in a central location near the train station.
• Hybrid working (3 days in the office).
• A great opportunity to get a foot in the door of a business who are growing at a rapid rate and therefore has ample opportunities for career development.

To apply please send your CV below or contact Kayley Haythornthwaite.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.