Job Description

The Finance Manager is responsible for providing technical accounting, regulatory reporting expertise to the Real Assets team whose portfolio includes various clients with complex and varied portfolio fund structures including holding and property SPVs.
Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the Senior Manager in the service delivery for the UK Real Assets business
• Lead a team of administrators and accountants
• Manage the accounting of the requirements of clients’ affairs within a team including the accounting of fund structures and property companies
• Review of fund accounts, holding company accounts and property company accounts
• The review of all aspects of accounting matters for a team incorporating investor reports, management accounts, statutory financial statements and ad-hoc investor queries
• Review of UK VAT returns and CIS reporting to HMRC
• Oversight of administration, payments and cash management
• Manage the audit process for all clients within the team, building strong relationships with audit firms
• Ensure the accounting requirements and reporting deadlines for a small team are met, overseeing planning, scheduling, and monitoring of workloads
• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of UK fund and corporate entities

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Candidates will be fully qualified (ACCA or ACA), either from an Audit background or with experience of Real Estate/Property Accounting and of managing small teams, ideally within the financial services / fund accounting sector. Ideally we are seeking candidates who are available at short notice. You will offer a good understanding of real estate, infrastructure and private debt asset classes with strong financial reporting, systems and communication skills.