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Senior Reporting Accountant
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Senior Reporting Accountant – Real Estate Investment Consultancy
We are working with a growing real estate investment and fund consultancy that is looking to appoint a technically strong Senior Reporting Accountant to join its London finance team.
This is a broad, high-impact position offering significant autonomy and exposure across statutory reporting, technical accounting, financial controls and process improvement.
The successful candidate will work across a varied portfolio of real estate and fund structures, partnering closely with financial controllers, senior leadership, external auditors and advisers.
The role would particularly suit an ACA or CA-qualified accountant with a strong audit background who is looking to move from practice into a commercially focused finance environment, with immediate exposure to complex real estate and fund structures.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the review of statutory financial statements across a portfolio of UK and offshore entities.
- Ensure compliance with relevant reporting frameworks, including IFRS, FRS 102 and Jersey GAAP.
- Coordinate external audits, manage information requests and support the resolution of technical queries.
- Review accounting policies, disclosures and significant judgement areas, including investment property valuations, lease accounting and intercompany transactions.
- Take ownership of the firm’s ISAE 3402 assurance programme, including coordinating stakeholders, reviewing control findings and overseeing remediation activity.
- Act as an internal technical accounting specialist, advising on complex and non-routine transactions.
- Prepare technical accounting papers and supporting documentation for audit sign-off.
- Monitor changes to financial reporting standards and assess their impact across the business.
- Support accounting for acquisitions, disposals, development activity, debt restructurings and new entity onboarding.
- Review quarterly management accounts and investor reporting to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Contribute to finance transformation and process improvement projects, with a focus on improving controls, data quality and reporting efficiency.
- Support the evaluation and implementation of new finance systems and reporting tools.
- Deliver technical training and support the professional development of ACA and ACCA trainees within the business.
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Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- ACA, CA or equivalent professional qualification.
- A strong audit background, ideally gained within a Big Four or top-tier accountancy firm.
- Experience preparing or reviewing statutory financial statements under IFRS or FRS 102.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and the ability to research and document complex accounting matters.
- Exposure to ISAE 3402 or wider controls assurance engagements would be highly advantageous.
- Experience within real estate, investment funds, asset management or financial services would be beneficial, although strong technical candidates from other sectors will also be considered.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple entities, deadlines and stakeholders.
- A proactive and commercially minded approach, with a genuine interest in improving processes and controls.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with accounting and financial reporting systems.
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The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing and technically sophisticated real estate investment consultancy. The successful candidate will benefit from:
- Exposure to a growing, multi-fund real estate investment business with a varied and technically interesting portfolio.
- Significant autonomy and ownership from day one, with a clear path to taking on broader finance leadership responsibilities.
- The opportunity to influence finance processes, systems and controls.
- A collaborative and high-calibre finance environment.
- A clear route towards broader finance leadership responsibilities.
For further information or a confidential discussion, please apply or contact the Absolute Recruit team.
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