Strand Hill
Director of Financial Reporting
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Director of Financial Reporting
Real Estate Development / Listed Property Company
Our client is a market leading, listed real estate business — with a prestigious portfolio of high value, programmatic mixed-use development projects and stabilised assets. The business is well capitalised and operates across complex, multi-entity structures, large-scale development and construction projects, joint ventures and long-term property investment arrangements.
This is a senior finance leadership role within a technically complex, stakeholder-rich environment. The successful candidate will play a central role in leading the Group finance function — ensuring the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting, while strengthening financial controls, improving systems and processes, and supporting wider finance transformation.
The role will oversee consolidated financial reporting, statutory accounts, joint venture and development reporting, technical accounting, external audit delivery, financial controls and ongoing finance transformation workstreams. It will also involve close partnership with senior leaders across finance, development, construction, legal, tax, treasury, commercial and operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop the Group finance team, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders across finance, development, construction, tax, treasury, legal and commercial teams.
- Own the Group’s internal and external reporting processes, including consolidated financial statements, group reporting packs, statutory accounts and management reporting.
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, half-year and year-end close processes, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely and well controlled.
- Oversee reporting for subsidiaries, joint ventures, development entities and construction-related structures.
- Act as the technical accounting lead for the business, advising on complex investment, refinancing and capital transactions — preparing papers to support key estimates, judgements and accounting treatments.
- Provide financial insight, challenge and technical guidance to support business decisions, transactions, restructurings and strategic projects.
- Lead and support finance transformation initiatives, including improvements to ERP systems, consolidation tools, reporting processes and data quality.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, including IFRS, FRS 102 and/or UK GAAP.
- Manage the external audit process, acting as a key contact for auditors and ensuring audit deliverables are completed efficiently and to a high standard.
- Support the preparation of Audit Committee, Board and senior management papers relating to financial reporting, controls, audit matters and key judgements.
- Design, implement and improve financial controls, policies, processes and governance across the Group finance function.
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- Qualified accountant, ideally ACA, ACCA, CA or equivalent, with significant (10+ years) post-qualification experience.
- Significant experience in a senior finance leadership, group finance, financial control or financial reporting role — ideally gained across complex group structures with subsidiaries, joint ventures and development entities.
- Deep real estate, property, development, construction or a closely related asset-intensive environment.
- Strong understanding of investor / JV reporting, statutory accounts, external reporting and annual/interim reporting cycles.
- Experience leading external audits and managing senior relationships with external auditors.
- Experience designing, implementing or improving financial controls, systems and processes.
- Track record of leading, managing and developing finance teams.
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