Assistant Accountant

Investigo are partnered with a global real estate investment company based in the city. This represents a unique opportunity to learn and develop at an organisation with over $1trillion of assets under management worldwide. They are looking to bring in a bright junior accountant to join there team.
Overview of the Role

• Financial management of investment properties
• Provide support to the respective Finance Managers and Asset Managers
• Close interaction with regional offices globally and assisting with all reporting requirements
• Hands on involvement with reporting, cash flow management and process improvement
• Indirect management of third party service providers

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Annually:

• Assistance with the preparation of year-end audit files
• Rolling over and preparing statutory accounts for dormant entities

Quarterly:

• Assisting with distribution calculations
• Assisting in the Preparation of accounts and financial reports at board meetings
• Preparation of VAT returns and tax analysis data
• Assisting with CIS filing
• Preparation of loan compliance covenants
• Preparing data for MSCi and INREV filings

Monthly:

• Preparing rental reconciliations, reviewing bank reconciliations, calculation of net asset value

Ongoing:

• Compliance with filing and reporting legislation to ensure all deadlines for preparation of income tax, VAT, filing of accounts, etc. are met
• Posting journals to accounting software.
• Coding invoices to Basware.
• Calculating and checking to make sure payments, amounts and records are correct.
• Day to day accounting issues
• Provide assistance to the Finance team

Technical Skills & Qualifications Required

• Part-Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) or top degree in STEM subjects
• Property/Fund accounting experience or interest.
• Good knowledge of Excel including a desire to develop those skills

Competencies Required

• Team player - Close liaison with fund management and other areas of the finance and operations team, as well as external advisers
• Excellent interpersonal skills - to deal with investors and external contacts
• Good organisational skills and ability to work to, and sometime implement own processes
• Communication & presentation - Clarity of presentation of information to boards and internal and external clients/investors as appropriate
• Teamwork/Commercial - Support the other members of the team in their relationship with various onshore and offshore third party suppliers

Please apply with a copy of your latest CV to be considered for this position.