Accountant - Group - Real Estate

OUR CLIENT are an established and growing real estate investment and development group. The business has a range of properties under management and are a leading name within the Real Estate sector. They have instructed us to help them recruit a technically solid Group Accountant to be responsible for preparing statutory accounts, and contribute to the processing and audit of a sizeable group of Property companies. The role offers scope for growth and development. 

THE ROLE responsibilities for the Group Accountant will include:

• Preparing statutory accounts including consolidations.
• Preparing dormant accounts, Owners Partnership account, National Statistics.
• Preparing interest calculations and supporting loan administration.
• Preparing analysis required for tax department.
• Internal control reviews to support Senior Accounting Officer.
• Preparing property company VAT returns.
• Maintaining fixed asset register.
• Assisting with Insurance processing
• Assisting with rent roll audit and checks. 
• Processing analysis for expenses incurred on behalf of charitable entities.
• Ad Hoc Projects. 

THE PERSON and SKILL REQUIREMENTS for the Group Accountant role:

• Qualified ACA or ACCA with at least 2 years PQE – ideally with real estate sector / property company exposure. 
• Experience of preparing statutory accounts.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Highly desirable knowledge of CaseWare for preparing statutory accounts
• Experience and understanding double entry bookkeeping.
• Ability to deal with accounting issues.
• Ability to understand taxation implications of accounting decisions.
• Ability to prioritise and work quickly and accurately to tight deadlines.
• Experience of VAT and CIS are also desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including listening, building support, establishing rapport and demonstrating awareness of internal and external issues in a calm and polite manner.
• Happy to be mainly office based 4-5 days. 

BENEFITS:

• Pension 
• Life Insurance cover (4x)
• Discretionary bonus
• Health 
• Sensible working hours / work-life balance. 

OUR SPECIALISM

Based in Mayfair, London, Trident is a specialist, boutique real estate recruitment consultancy focused on identifying talent in property, finance, and accounting.

As a market leader, we offer innovative, flexible, and tailor-made holistic solutions to the global real estate markets.

OUR APPROACH

Established in 1987, Trident International has over 37 years of consulting experience. We are an industry-leading boutique recruitment consultancy, offering a comprehensive suite of recruitment solutions with an emphasis on financial and professional recruitment for the global real estate market.

We are a consultancy with a clear vision—our mission is to match the best market talent with the right organisation, driving both clients' businesses and candidates' careers forward.

Taking a holistic approach to recruitment, we bring over 100 years of combined sector experience across our Partners and Associates. Working in synergy with our clients, we partner with them as an extension of their team to attract and hire the best talent.

CONTACT US

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