Investment Real Estate Finance (Maternity Cover Contract)

Key accountabilities:

To be a key contact for reporting under US GAAP, local GAAP, NAV and FIL's internal accounting policies for the real estate portfolio.

• Managing and reviewing the month end management accounts process, both in-house and with out-sourced providers.
• Ensuring day-to-day finance tasks are undertaken in an accurate and efficient manner.
• Production of accounting/position papers reviewing both local and US GAAP.
• Ensuring compliance with FIL Group accounting policies and procedures
• Produce/review monthly and quarterly consolidations
• Ensuring a smooth year end process, especially the external audit relationship including production and review of financial statements under various GAAPs and supporting audit files.
• Working with Pembroke Real Estate, our real estate advisor to ensure transactions are understood and correctly recorded
• Liaising with internal/external tax teams to ensure tax compliance.
• Liaising with other finance functions within FIL to ensure that the financial reporting requirements of the property finance team are completed appropriately.
• Liaising with key stakeholders, other members of the finance team, advisors, external accounting service providers and external property managers.
• Ad hoc project work.

Key Competencies:

• Well-developed interpersonal skills used to dealing with all levels of seniority.
• Persuasive, succeeding through influence and good judgement.
• Good planning, prioritisation, problem solving and organisational skills; good experience of anticipating needs and communicating continuously, taking care of details, keeping stakeholders well informed of status/progress.
• A resilient questioning approach; ability to spot, investigate and explain irregularities.
• Self-motivated, with strong attention to detail.
• Flexibility to work in a changing environment.

Qualification and Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA, CPA or other non-UK equivalent).
• Property finance experience.
• US GAAP knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of financial accounting and controls
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills essential