Senior Finance Manager UK and Ireland

Mileway; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics real estate firm in London is seeking an experienced Investment Accounting professional to lead their team. The role includes overseeing financial operations, ensuring compliance, and mentoring staff. Candidates should have a degree in Accounting/Finance and at least 10 years of experience, with strong knowledge of Lux GAAP and IFRS. This position offers a dynamic and international work culture, with a flexible work policy requiring three days in the office.

Benefits

In-house learning & development program

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of Finance-Accounting experience.
• Strong expertise in Lux GAAP and IFRS.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Dynamic personality with a desire to lead and mentor.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee the work of the finance team.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations.
• Lead performance management activities.
• Optimize processes and develop new projects.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Coaching and mentoring

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Lux GAAP

IFRS

UK GAAP

Job description

Overview

We offer an opportunity you simply won't find anywhere else. In less than six years, Mileway has grown into Europe's leader in last mile logistics real estate, with a 550-plus team across twenty six offices in eleven countries. Based in London and reporting to the Regional Finance Manager UK & Nordics, the role will play a key role in leading the Investment Accounting team responsible for the UK and Ireland portfolio.

Working at Mileway:

We offer an opportunity you simply won\'t find anywhere else. Launched in 2019, Mileway has rapidly grown into Europe\'s leader in last-mile logistics real estate, with a team of over 550 across more than twenty offices in 11 countries. From the start, Mileway set out to be a different kind of real estate company, with a cloud-based IT infrastructure and a team that combines local expertise with the pooled strengths of a pan-European presence.

Our culture is fast-paced and highly international, with team members from more than 50 countries, bringing diverse perspectives and a "can-do" attitude to everything we do. While we have already achieved a lot, we\'re only just getting started - our purpose is to be Europe\'s leading provider of last mile logistics real estate, enabling businesses to thrive, driving sustainability forward, and shaping the cities of tomorrow. To get there, we live by our values: Drive, Trust, Grow, Together.

At Mileway, we believe company growth comes from supporting the growth of our combined capabilities. That\'s why we offer an in-house learning & development program where personal, professional, and business development go hand in hand, helping you carve out your own unique career path. You\'ll be based at our London office. While we embrace a flexible approach to work, our policy requires working from the office three days a week. To support this, we provide a state-of-the-art technology package to keep you connected at all times.

Your responsibilities

• Reporting to the Regional Finance Manager, the role responsible for the work organisation and its operations within the defined region.
• Manage and oversee the work of a team comprising Finance Managers and different seniority of accountants.
• Monitor professional development and jurisdiction staff productivity to ensure meeting of the operations needs and professional development.
• Together with the Finance Managers, lead performance management activities, mentoring and offering career development opportunities.
• Build and maintain a high performing culture with a high-level engagement
• Responsible for all the relevant jurisdiction's entities and assets bookkeeping from A to Z to ensure accuracy of the books.
• Demonstrate full control over the financials, especially during the quarterly presentation meetings.
• Increase level of controls and accuracy across bookkeeping, design reports that will enable proper accounts reconciliation and investigation.
• Accompany and develop the daily work of the team, including process optimisation and new project development/implementation.
• Cooperate with all internal and external parties and provide timely answer to queries raised or information requests.
• Plan and organize the work with internal and external parties to ensure timely filing of audits, annual accounts and tax returns filing.
• Ensure compliance with all local regulations or other parties (ex: banks) in terms of reporting obligations.
• Properly set priorities and track progress.
• Provide proactively regular update on matters that can have a financial impact for the Company in the jurisdiction under responsibility. Flag those regularly, even if requiring actions from other teams (Asset Management, ...).
• Support in monitoring liquidity and cash management for all entities under the SFM ownership.
• Maintain close and regular relationship with Country Directors.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives for all financial reporting processes.
• Ad hoc activities with participation to projects where Investment Accounting involvement is required.

Your profile

• Degree in Accounting/Finance
• Minimum 10 years of Finance-Accounting experience
• Strong and proven expertise in Lux GAAP and IFRS (UK GAAP would be an asset)
• Ability to understand the big picture and maintain the overview while processing at a detailed level
• Previous experience with direct real estate investments and consolidation is required
• Experience in budgeting, financial reporting and other related financial processes
• Excellent oral and written communication English skills
• Strong people management experience with good coaching and mentoring skills
• Solid leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Dynamic personality with a desire to lead, learn, mentor and drive processes but also with a can do and hands on attitude
• Collaborative and hands-on approach
• Flexible, resistant to stress with good organizational and prioritization skills
• Sense of ownership, accountability and urgency
• Ability to deal efficiently with people at different level of hierarchy

Our vision is to be the number one gateway to urban communities. To get there, we live our values: Drive, Trust, Grow, Together.