Senior Property Accountant

Senior Property Accountant. OUR CLIENT is a private real estate investment and asset management business. Due to further expansion, they are looking to appoint a highly experienced Senior Property Accountant. This role offers significant responsibility within a lean, entrepreneurial environment and will suit a professional who is both technically strong and commercially astute.

THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES for SENIOR PROPERTY ACCOUNTANT will include:

• Full responsibility for property-level accounting, including rent collection, lease schedules, arrears monitoring, and tenant ledger reconciliations.
• Preparing and reconciling of service charge accounts, including annual budgets, apportionments, and year-end tenant reconciliations.
• Preparing management accounts (monthly, quarterly, and annual) under UK GAAP/IFRS, including consolidations of UK SPVs and holding structures.
• Overseeing of CAPEX accounting, including development/refurbishment spend, service charge recovery, and asset capitalisation.
• Overseeing of VAT returns and compliance across multiple entities, with a sound understanding of UK VAT rules for commercial property (including option to tax).
• Co-ordinating corporation tax, withholding tax, and capital allowances in conjunction with external advisors.
• Accounting for dilapidations, lease incentives, rent-free periods, and surrender premiums.
• Managing annual audits and statutory filings, working closely with auditors and tax advisors.

THE PERSON and SKILLS REQUIREMENTS for the SENIOR PROPERTY ACCOUNTANT will have:

• Must have at least 10 years'' post-qualification experience, gained within a smaller or hands-on environment.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP/IFRS and UK tax matters relevant to commercial property.
• Proficiency with accounting and property management systems.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to take full ownership of deliverables while operating independently.

Guaranteed opportunity to progress into a number two role for the right person.

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