Corporate/Financial Accountant

Halliday Marx; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing Real Estate company in London is seeking a Corporate/Financial Accountant for a 9-month fixed-term contract. The role involves managing corporate revenue tracking, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and assisting with audits. Candidates should be qualified accountants with strong analytical skills and proficiency in accounting systems.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with audit background preferred.
• Good level of general education with strong written and numerical skills.
• Accounting foundation with understanding of accounting procedures.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly corporate revenue tracker and reporting.
• Monitoring monthly revenue and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Preparation and review of statutory accounts and assistance in audits.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Corporate/Financial Accountant

9 month FTC - 60K + 10% Bonus

My client is a fast growing Real Estate company and are looking for a Corporate Accountant to join the team.

Duties Include:

• Preparation of the monthly corporate revenue tracker and liaising with the business and finance owners to ensure completion on a timely basis in line with the monthly reporting timetable.
• Monitoring and reporting of revenue on a monthly basis. Working with the senior corporate accountant to ensure monthly revenue is booked in line with accounting standards.
• Posting of monthly revenue journal postings
• Assisting FP&A team with loading monthly revenue actuals into Anaplan
• Responsible for accounts receivable and working closely with the Shared Services team, oversight of invoicing and cash collection of corporate management fees and cost recharges and the relevant balance sheet accounts.
• Assist with preparation of EU country VAT submissions.
• Preparation and review of statutory accounts for corporate entities
• Assist with the group and statutory audit process and respond to external audit queries.
• Review the monthly bank reconciliations and follow up of outstanding items.
• Prepare monthly accruals and prepayment journals and prepare monthly P&L reports using Oracle.
• Assist with monthly commentary on revenue and operating expenses which feed into the monthly financial dashboard.
• Maintain and ensure accurate record keeping across corporate entities
• Analyse expense type, coding and posting of supplier invoices on Oracle accounting system
• Assist with cash flow forecasting for the corporate entities
• Review the collection of all recoverable expenses to properties on a timely basis.
• Assist with the reconciliation of intercompany balances
• Reviewing weekly supplier payment runs, provided by the AP Support team.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and working with the Shared Services Centre team to monitor the debt levels and collectability.
• Complete various financial, accounting, administrative, and other reports and analysis, and performs other duties as assigned or as necessary.

Requirements:

• Good level of general education with strong written and numerical skills
• Qualified Accountant - Audit Background from practice is preferred.
• Accounting foundation background with a thorough understanding of accounting procedures and double entry book-keeping
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel (Vlookup, SumIf, Pivot tables) and Word.