Job Description

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Provide timely management reports to key stakeholders across the business in the UK & US.
• Leads, manages and develop operational finance team to support the changing business needs and future growth of the business.
• Establishes and implements short- and long-term financial goals and objectives, policies and operating procedures.
• Final review of the annual planning and budgeting process ensuring compliance with proforma models, partnering with Operational Team, Investment Team vision, and investor requirements.
• Management of debt compliance functions and final review of debt reporting, including inputting into new or refinanced facility agreements.
• Leads the annual audit process and ensures all implemented controls and processes adhere to appropriate accounting principles, including owning the relationship with External Auditors and preparation of accounting memos.
• Ensures timely preparation of required statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
• Monitoring of applicable tax filings.
• Establishes policies and procedures in conjunction with the Finance Director.
• Assists with property transaction due diligence and pricing mechanism support.
• Undertakes any activities required to take-on/integrate new assets.
• Capital management and forecasting to current and new investors (capital calls and income distributions).
• Assistance with financial system integrations and planning.
• Monitoring and documenting reporting requirements of portfolios.
• Technical accounting memos for corporate transactions and new reporting standards.
• Oversight of capital projects encompassing managed portfolios.
• Reviewing and inputting into venture and debt agreements.
• Managing development and assessing goals of team members.
• Responsible for finance inputs into investor reports.
• Manages ad-hoc requests from investors and stakeholders.
• Business partnering with relevant areas of the business.
• Manage a team of 10 initially with plans for growth.
• Manage variety of residential and student portfolios (£2bn in asset value), in the UK.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

High level of general education with excellent written and numerical skills ACA qualified accountant with at least 4 years post qualified experience Thorough understanding of accounting policies and procedures Proficiency in Microsoft Office Experience in Property Accounting Previous experience with financial accounting and property management software (Yardi experience is a benefit) Thorough understanding of UK Companies and off-shore SPV structures Expertise in Fund Accounting (preferred) Working knowledge of IFRS within the real estate sector Working knowledge of UK and off-shore tax compliance Experience working within the Real Estate sector Experience in IFRS and UK GAAP Debt compliance and investor reporting experience Experienced in building and managing a team to deliver to challenging deadlines, including: recruitment, engagement, development, reward and recognition. Good communicator with the ability to interpret and explain complex financial data. Experience in facilitating teamwork between department leaders and teams. Experience working with off-shore real estate structures Experience in acquisition accounting, including financial due diligence Positive “can do” attitude. Strong organisational and time management skills. Able to meet multiple client deadlines and multi-task are essential. Commercially focused.