Accounting Manager

This is a great opportunity for a driven and talented individual to make a real difference as part of a dedicated and professional team.

The Manager will be part of a team providing accounting & financial reporting services for established and new real estate and private equity funds.

You will be working in a team of qualified and part qualified accountants servicing a varied portfolio of real estate and private equity funds and SPVs.

Client Details

My client is a specialist financial services business with 10 offices across Europe, the US and Asia.

Description

Managing client relationships and accounting responsibilities:

• To maintain and develop strong, lasting relationships with clients
• To be one of the primary contacts for clients with daily contact and regular in-person client meetings
• Take ownership of your portfolio of clients and customer relationships
• Implementing policies, procedures and checklists where necessary
• Compile and analyse financial information underlying the financial statements, including the treatment of business transactions
• Oversee preparation of financial reporting both at asset and fund level, including supporting files and review of all work produced by team
• Preparation of consolidations
• Bank debt covenant reporting
• Production of monthly/quarterly NAVs
• Investor tax, CIS and VAT reporting
• Involvement in team planning, monitoring deadlines and coaching and developing junior staff members
• Cashflow forecasting work
• Plan year end audit including audit files and liaise with external auditors and clients
• Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS or UK GAAP
• Contribute recommendations for improving the organisation's operations
• Organise take-on and set-up of new clients
• Work effectively with the senior members of the Accounting team to ensure smooth transition of work sourced by them into the business

People Management:

• Act as first point of contact for queries from team members
• Supervision, coaching and mentoring of junior staff
• Provide support and guidance to team members, acting as a mentor and role model
• Manage the day to day workload of the team, including effective delegation and resource management
• Manage performance of direct reports through the Performance Management process, including Performance Review meetings and objective setting
• Support the recruitment process, reviewing CV's and conducting interviews with potential candidates

Profile

The right candidate will firstly be ACA or ACCA qualified.

Obviously would be great if people had a relevant FS background, but not a pre-requisite and would be a great move for someone from a chartered accountancy background, or someone in commerce and industry with a strong financial accounting background.

Job Offer

An excellent salary and benefits package, including bonus, is available to the successful candidate.