Financial Reporting Accountant

CBRE; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment management firm is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to oversee year-end statutory reporting across the EMEA region. This role requires expertise in local and international GAAP standards, strong audit process management skills, and a proactive approach to financial controls.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in financial reporting.
• Subject matter expert in financial, regulatory and tax reporting.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of annual financial statements for various companies.
• Ownership of the annual audit process, ensuring timely resolution of audit queries.
• Strengthening internal controls on the financial reporting process.

Skills

Technical knowledge of local GAAP

IFRS

US GAAP

Organizational skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Excel skills

Self-starter mindset

Education

Qualified ACA or ACCA

Tools

PeopleSoft

OneStream

Trintech Cadency

Job description

The Financial Reporting Accountant oversees the year-end statutory reporting across the EMEA region within CBRE Investment Management. This individual is responsible for managing financial statements filing, regulatory returns preparation and filing. Coordinating with the Shared Service Centre (BSO) and oversight of the outsourced serviced providers operating within the EMEA region, reporting directly to the EMEA Financial Reporting Manager based in London. The successful candidate will have strong technical knowledge of local GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP, a subject matter expert in financial, regulatory and tax reporting across the EMEA region and be flexible and dynamic.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the annual financial statements for various companies under FRS 102 - UK GAAP (UK), Dutch GAAP (Netherland), Lux GAAP (Luxembourg), and IFRS (Dubai), ensuring these are filed on time.
• Ownership of the annual audit process, preparation of audit work paper and final Trial Balance, ensuring audit queries are addressed timely.
• Strengthening internal controls on financial reporting process by preparing and reviewing reconciliations, establishing and implementing controls for financial reporting.
• Liaise with Corporate Finance, FP&A, Fund Accounting and Legal teams across the EMEA region to analyse and review contracts to ensure revenue recognition is accounted for appropriately.
• Liaising with tax advisors for submission of annual tax computations & returns timely.
• Overseeing the preparation and review of VAT returns (UK, Switzerland, Netherland, Luxembourg & Dubai), and quarterly regulatory returns (FCA- UK, CSSF - Lux, PIB - Dubai).
• Preparation of Board packs, including analysis on material movements on P&L and balance sheet.
• Completing and submitting various reports such as Payment Practices and Performance Reporting (PPPR) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports in a timely manner.
• Coordinating with the Shared Service Centre (BSO) and oversight of the outsourced serviced providers operating within the EMEA region, reviewing of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaise with the Global finance team to resolve any financial accounting activities and questions on a timely basis, providing accounting data input to requests from Management and FP&A.

Key Skills/Experience

• Qualified ACA or ACCA accountant with 5+ years of professional experience
• Strong technical experience with local GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP
• Subject matter expert in financial, regulatory and tax reporting
• Positive mindset with a drive to continually improve and challenge existing processes
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, project management, and analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, effective prioritisation, adaptable and flexible
• Self-starter, able to resolve issues with own initiative
• Keen and positive attitude and team player
• Strong excel skills, experience with PeopleSoft, OneStream and Trintech Cadency is desirable.

We are an inclusive employer and consider diversity to be critical to innovation. People are our greatest resource, and we encourage applicants who partially fit the above criteria to apply if they feel the posting has not captured their relevant strengths. #CBREIM

Investment Management

CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm operating in over 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, users, people and communities thrive.

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