This specialist Property Investment company are looking to recruit a Group Fund Accountant to join their established finance team. You must be a Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with REAL ESTATE/PROPERTY FUND EXPERIENCE and will be primarily responsible for the preparation of quarterly consolidated Fund Management Accounts and consolidated Fund annual Financial Statements. You will manage external auditors, and outsourced accounting firms, provide provision of technical accounting advice on existing and potential investments and assist in the financial due diligence for potential investment acquisitions.

In particular, the Group Fund Accountant will have the following responsibilities:

• Review of the Project sub-consolidations prepared by the Fund Accountants and outsourced finance teams.
• Consolidation of the Project sub-consolidations to the Divisional (Fund) consolidation on a project by project basis.
• Review of the fund consolidation prepared by the outsourced finance team.
• Preparing Group consolidated management accounts and management reports on a quarterly basis
• Management of outsourced finance teams to ensure accurate accounting of investments in compliance with UK GAAP, and timely reporting.
• Provision of investor information on a quarterly, yearly and ad-hoc basis.
• Liaising with Joint Venture Partners to review the accuracy of financial reports and ensuring a high standard of information quality for JV Board consideration.
• Management of the audit process and audit teams, ensuring that audit files and working papers are accurate and complete.
• Assisting with the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements and liaising with external auditors to ensure that all internal filing deadlines are met.

To be considered for this role, the Group Fund Accountant should be a highly motivated, committed and proactive individual, with strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines. They should be highly proficient with complex consolidations and possess strong technical accounting knowledge. They should also possess a sound knowledge of UK tax laws and have strong IT skills, whilst knowledge of Navision (Accounting Software) would be a distinct benefit.

In return, you will be offered the opportunity to work for a dynamic, growing organisation where your remuneration will include a base salary of up to £75,000, a £5,000 car allowance, a discretionary bonus of up to 20% and a 10% pension contribution.