Interim CFO

Interim CFO - Real Estate - Our Client is a well-established property developer and investor that has been operating for over 20 years within London. They focus in prime central London locations that they manage and their projects includes a mixture of residential and commercial developments. Our client has instructed us to find an experienced Chief Financial Officer to commit to a 12 month contract. The role will be varied and 'hands on', assuming responsibility for overseeing all aspects of accounting and finance for the company.

The Role will include:

• Overseeing Monthly /Annual cashflow forecasts and reviewing the Group's cash requirements.
• Organising shareholder funding loan agreements and associated documentation.
• Preparing and issuing shareholder funding drawdowns and quarterly shareholder funding repayments.
• Reviewing dividend payments within the group as well as authorising monthly ad-hoc payments when required.
• Reviewing budgets and preparing annual overhead budgets.
• Overseeing management accounting re. overheads, Profit vs. Actual, producing annual estimates and year end actuals.
• Reviewing year end bookkeeping on the database and post journal entries as required for annual accounts preparation.
• Managing audit/Independent review process with external accountants and respond to queries.
• Filing statutory accounts and drafting annual tax computations/returns including corporation tax and partnership tax.
• Reviewing monthly /quarterly VAT reports prepared by the Accounts Assistant.
• Tax restructuring and forecasting.
• Liaising with the property managers and surveyors in regards to Service charges, rent reviews, Insurance, utilities contracts, Legal queries, ground rent reports and VAT reports.
• Liaising with the solicitors on all aspects of service charges, estate/head lease and development matters.
• Overseeing company secretarial duties including preparing board minutes for UK entities and drafting board memos for approval.
• Arranging insurance policies including contents, improvement works, inventories and valuations.
• Maintaining register of leases, key information dates and property rental income schedule for shareholders.
• Reviewing Heads of Terms, agreements on new and agreed leases as well as rent demands issued to tenants.

The Person: The successful incumbent will most likely be an ACA, although ACCA's will be considered with at least several years' practical experience of running the management accounting and reporting for a property Development business. You should also possess prior experience of working in a small business and be happy being 'hands on' and being involved in a diverse array of responsibilities. You should possess solid Excel skills and be organised and a confident communicator.

Please note that due to volume we cannot get back to everyone, however every application is looked at and considered and will be held on Trident International's database for review. If you have not heard back from us within 5 working days you should assume your initial application has been unsuccessful, however if suitable roles arise in the future we will make every effort to contact you.