Job Description

• Investor and lender reporting of portfolios, including monitoring and documenting reporting requirements, timely external quarterly debt compliance and investor reporting, and timely internal monthly performance reporting.
• Ownership / review of capital and return management of the portfolios for new and existing investors, including review of investor capital call and distribution statements, review of inter-group distributions and oversight of capital requirements through the structure.
• Ownership of asset/portfolio acquisition and disposals, covering management of relationship with external advisors, engagement with deal teams, review and input on SPAs, input of purchase price mechanisms, review of acquisition accounting.
• Business partnering with internal teams, including asset management, investment, portfolio management.
• Leads the annual audit process with external preparers of financial statements, including owning the relationship with local auditor teams, and input / review of the consolidated financial statements that are prepared by external provider.
• Management of relationships with outsourced investment accounting providers (where applicable), and engagement with corporate administrators.
• Final review of the annual planning and budgeting process ensuring compliance with proforma models, partnering with Operational Team, Investment Team vision, and investor requirements.
• Technical and process accounting memos for corporate transactions and new reporting standards.
• Reviewing and inputting into new portfolio and facility agreements.
• Manages ad-hoc requests from investors and stakeholders.
• Partnering with Centralized Asset Accounting team for timely preparation of operating and property entity management accounts.
• Assistance with management of the portfolios’ tax, legal, portfolio, allocation, conflicts, regulatory, filing, and safeguards deadlines.
• Assistance with the investment property valuation process.
• Completes various financial, accounting, narrative, administrative and other reports and analysis and duties as assigned or necessary for the successful execution of the business plans.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Group Private medical insurance.
• Hybrid working.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• Class pass membership.
• Education assistance program.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) with demonstrable post-qualified experience.
• Demonstrable understanding of accounting policies and procedures.
• Previous experience with financial accounting and property management software (Yardi experience is a benefit).
• Thorough understanding of UK Companies and off-shore SPV structures.
• Working knowledge of UK and off-shore tax compliance.
• Experience in IFRS and UK GAAP and Dutch GAAP
• Debt compliance and investor reporting experience.
• Experience of engaging and collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the business.
• Experience in acquisition accounting, including financial due diligence.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Good communicator, with the ability to review and interpret and present complex financial data.
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines and multi-tasking are essential, using initiative to priorities.
• Experience working with real estate structures
• Experience of finance transaction support for real estate transactions
• Experience of working in a dynamic and growing organization