Senior Financial Reporting Manager - Real Assets

Reports to Associate Director / Director

The purpose of this role is to account for a complex and varied portfolio of fund structures in conjunction with the Associate Director.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the accounting of the more complex requirements of clients’ affairs within a team
• Review all aspects of accounting matters for a team incorporating investor reports, statutory financial statements and ad-hoc investor queries
• Act as a higher authority on day-to-day accounting queries and as 4-eyes signatory on accounting matters, ensuring that company policy and professional guidelines are adhered to and that a professional quality service is provided to clients and outside contacts
• Manage the audit process for all clients within the team, building strong relationships with audit firms
• Attend client board meetings and present quarterly financial information
• Review the preparation and reconciliation of periodic direct and indirect tax returns, and liaise with foreign tax advisors
• Ensure the accounting requirements and reporting deadlines for a whole team are met, overseeing planning, scheduling, and monitoring of workloads
• Act as a mentor to Financial Reporting Managers and supervise and assist in the training and development of staff
• Arrange and manage the appraisal process for reporting lines

Skills, knowledge, expertise:

• The candidate will be expected to hold a relevant professional qualification (ACCA or ACA)
• The candidate is required to have proven relevant experience
• Sound technical financial services knowledge.
• Computer literacy, word processing and spread sheet skills are essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required to develop close working relationships with colleagues, clients and business contacts
• Strong people management experience