Accountant

The Company

A long established UK business with an extremely loyal customer base and a senior management team investing heavily in technology to ensure that the organisation is well positioned to continue to grow and develop.

The Role

This is a management role with responsibility for a team of seven dealing with the day to financial accounting for the property department. This area of the business manages the commercial property investment portfolio that generates over £50,000 pa in rental income and includes over 300 premises occupied by the group as a whole.

Key duties in the role include;

Prepare monthly Investment and Capital Commitment reports 

Produce quarterly management and annual statutory accounts information for four property funds

Prepare monthly prepayment and accruals for Branches and Group Secretary Offices

Prepare annual property department cost budgets and quarterly reforecasts, manage and monitor actual expenditure on a monthly basis and explain variances

Monitor aged debts of tenants and report any potential bad debts to Group Finance

Review property VAT reports before submission to the Group Tax team

Maintain Training & Development plans and Managing Achievement Reviews for team members.

The Candidate

As the ideal candidate you will be a fully qualified accountant with previous team management experience. You should be a strong communicator and be able to demonstrate  systems expertise including Excel and Word. Previous experience within a property business / department will be of particular interest.