Financial Accounting Manager (18 month fixed term)

Grosvenor; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial operations firm in Greater London is seeking a Financial Accounting Manager to oversee financial accounting processes. This role requires a qualified accountant passionate about developing junior staff members. Key responsibilities include managing a team, reviewing reconciliations, ensuring account accuracy, and delivering statutory accounts. The candidate should be an innovative thinker focused on process improvements. This position offers a full-time, hybrid working opportunity on an 18-month fixed term contract.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with some post-qualified experience or qualified by experience.
• Strong people manager with a passion for developing junior staff members.
• Ability to quickly understand and critically assess processes and procedures.
• Excellent attention to detail instilling the same skill in junior staff members.
• Innovative thinker with a track record of delivering process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of three responsible for financial accounting processes.
• Support team development and performance.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations for key account balances.
• Ensure account balances are consistently of high standard for impactful reporting.
• Delivery of statutory accounts and liaise with external auditors.

Skills

Internal Audit

Supervising

Data Entry

Compliance

Customer Service

Accounting & Finance

General Ledger Accounting

IFRS

External Audit

Microsoft Excel

ERP

Payroll

Financial statement

ACCA

CPA

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA ACCA CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Purpose of Role

The Finance Centre is Grosvenors UK centre of excellence for financial operations. Within this framework the Financial Accounting Manager is responsible for ensuring the general ledgers of the Group Team UK Urban Property and Diversified Property Investments businesses are well‑maintained and provide a solid foundation from which the Finance Centre can report to its stakeholders.

More broadly the role of the Financial Accounting Manager is to ensure that key areas of accounting are performed with diligence and consistency while ensuring that the financial control environment around the general ledgers remains robust. The role is expected to work closely with the Head of UK Reporting and Head of Group Reporting to ensure that high quality accounts are produced at the year‑end and that high‑quality financial information is available to the Finance Centres stakeholders throughout the year both within the holding company accounts for which the Financial Accounting Manager is ultimately responsible and on the property company accounts for which the Head of UK Reporting is responsible.

In addition the Financial Accounting Manager is responsible for ensuring accurate tracking and reporting of overheads across the Group as well as supporting the Finance Business Partner with annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles for overheads.

To support these goals the role has three direct reports (2 permanent 1 on a fixed term contract) two of which are qualified accountants. A key requirement of the role is to train and develop these individuals with the dual aims of creating a high‑performing team and facilitating great career opportunities. The successful candidate will demonstrate true passion for the development of talent with an understanding of agile training techniques.

This role provides an opportunity for a diligent and innovative finance leader to establish and improve processes which support the Finance Centres mission statement of being a genuine centre of excellence for financial operations at Grosvenor.

The Financial Accounting Manager is expected to take a leading role in instilling the Finance Centres culture of continuous improvement. This will be achieved through constantly looking for and implementing innovative ways to deliver efficiencies so that the teams focus is on value‑add activities working closely with the Head of Financial Control and Operational Finance teams to achieve this.

Key Responsibilities

Management of a team of three responsible for financial accounting and control processes for example balance sheet reconciliations and day to day bookkeeping.

Development of a team of three people two of whom are qualified. The role will involve supporting these individuals not only with the performance of their roles but with the development of their careers.

Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations for key account balances including bank reconciliations across the UK Urban Property Group Team and Diversified Property Investment businesses.

Ensuring account balances for which the role is responsible are consistently of a high standard such that the business can be provided with impactful reporting and generate insight which supports business performance.

Working with the Head of Group Reporting and Head of UK Reporting to ensure that the Group Accounting Policies manual is followed at all times.

Delivery of statutory accounts and pension scheme accounts at the year‑end liaising with the external auditors to ensure that these are delivered to timetable.

Finding ways to improve efficiency or automate repetitive tasks performed by the team. This will include interactions with the Property and Financial System transformation project to help deliver quick wins to The Finance Centre during design and implementation.

Key Requirements

Qualified accountant (ACA ACCA CIMA or equivalent) with some post‑qualified experience or qualified by experience.

Strong people manager with a passion for developing junior staff members.

Ability to quickly understand and critically assess processes and procedures.

Excellent attention to detail instilling the same skill in junior staff members.

Innovative thinker with a track record of delivering process improvements operating with a growth mindset.

Operates with an open mind working with a diverse team and stakeholders in a manner which is inclusive.

Property experience desirable but not essential.

Key Skills

• Internal Audit
• Supervising
• Data Entry
• Compliance
• Customer Service
• Accounting & Finance
• General Ledger Accounting
• IFRS
• External Audit
• Microsoft Excel
• ERP
• Payroll
• Financial statement
• ACCA
• CPA

Grosvenor is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Adjustments are available for our process; please contact us to discuss.

18 month fixed term opportunity.

We know flexibility is important and take a hybrid approach to working – please contact us for further details.

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Vacancy: 1