Financial Controller - Real Estate - Elite Finance Recruitment : Job Details

Financial Controller / Finance Manager

London £70- £80K pa + Bonus + Bens

We are searching for a qualified accountant with some solid property/ real estate sector experience post qualified to now take on the reigns of heading up a Finance function for a small boutique property development company in London.

The role reports into the MD and the current responsibilities are:

• Monthly management accounts, balance sheet and cashflow, with comparison to forecast and projection to year end
• Project Cost Management - You will work closely with the MD to create project budgets
• Property cash flow projections- working with property management team
• Purchases, maintaining an up-to-date purchase ledger, with suppliers paid to terms
• Statutory accounts
• Ensuring tight financial management of the fixed asset register, ensuring it is kept up to date
• Producing monthly reconciliations of budgets
• Monthly and year end tasks
• Preparation of the annual financial statements
• Providing critical support in the year end audit process
• Weekly BACS run process & processing payrol and workplace pension scheme
• Streamlining and improving all operations and accounting systems, setting up procedures
• Working with the office administrator, execute payment, invoicing, bookkeeping and banking activities, maintaining up to date records and maximising use of the software system.
• CIS, checking suppliers status, making payments with the correct deduction, preparing the monthly return and making payment to HMRC
• VAT, setting funds aside, completing the quarterly return and submitting to HMRC
• Ensuring the company complies with statutory and legal requirements, including statutory reporting including returns to Companies House and the maintenance of relevant registers and company books.
• Supporting MD on various financing decisions such as mortgage and lending and managing relations with banks and other financial institutions

The ideal candidate will be a Qualified ACCA or CIMA with experience of working in a small finance function looking after all areas of accounts. Strong systems skills would be essential as well as the ability to communicate at all levels.

Experience in the property industry is highly desirable.

*Qualified (ACA/ACCA)

*A strong communicator, both written and verbal

*Proactive and strategic in anticipating organisational needs

*Able to work autonomously in a small team with a hands-on approach

*Good IT and Excel skills as well as accounting software e.g. Xero

*A background working in real estate / property or Construction sectors; The right candidate will be familiar with assets, mortgages, credits on properties, property insurance etc.

*Outstanding attention to detail and proven problem-solving ability