Fund Accountant - Real Estate

Fund Accountant - Real Estate. OUR CLIENT have a proven and longstanding track record of growth and delivery within the real estate sector, with a focus on Pan-European, high-growth commercial property Investment. They are financially well backed and consistently source notable high-growth investment projects all across continental Europe and the UK. As a result of continued deal growth and future opportunities, they have instructed us to help them hire a suitably experienced and qualified Fund Accountant who will report to the Fund Controller and will work closely with the wider finance, investment and asset management teams based in London.

THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES: For the Fund Accountant are:

• Overseeing third party service providers including accounting, tax, VAT providers.
• Managing year-end audit processes.
• Coordinating quarterly interest payments and preparing quarterly debt compliance reporting.
• Cashflow monitoring and management including co-ordination and review of payment runs, liaising with internal accounts payable team and service providers as necessary.
• Internal reporting of performance metrics and inputting financial elements into JV partner reports.
• Maintaining internal databases of companies and assets under management, equity and debt.
• Providing reporting and assistance to Investment, Asset Management and Development teams.
• Assisting with the setup of new entities and structures as required.
• Supporting the Investment team in deal process.
• Assisting with financing workstreams.
• Supervising junior finance team members.

THE PERSON REQUIREMENTS:

Essential:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with 2-5 years post-qualified experience in real estate.
• Experience of running or overseeing the statutory audit process.
• Knowledge of IFRS, FRS 102.
• Cash flow management and budgeting.

Beneficial:

• Experience working with and supervising external service providers.
• Experience with debt reporting.
• Knowledge of typical private equity fund structures.
• Knowledge of Dutch/ Spanish/ Luxembourg/ US GAAP.

BENEFITS:

• Decent employer pension contributions.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Life assurance.
• Medical insurance.
• Hybrid working (c4 days in).