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Fund Accountant / Client Accountant

City of London Permanent £40,000 - £50,000 per year View Job Description
Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role will have responsibility for reconciling and processing monthly fees and journals to ensure the team can value the property portfolio and support the fund to obtain the monthly share price at the agreed month end deadline.
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  • Fund Accountant (Part Qualified or QBE)
  • Excellent opportunity to join busy finance team with Hybrid Working in London

About Our Client



Real Estate Investment Company with offices in the City of London.

Job Description

Reporting to the Finance Director, your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

  • Fund accounting and trial balance maintenance in accounting system,
  • Processing the monthly sales & lease extension journals and accounting cost of sales accordingly,
  • Reconciling sales & lease extension income from our bank and property database monthly,
  • Completing monthly balance sheet and bank reconciliations,
  • Analysing and reconciling the income, and preparing cashbook journals for daily banking summaries for the client,
  • Prepare and process weekly payment runs on behalf of the client for all approved payments,
  • Calculate and process monthly ground rent & other income invoices to our client,
  • Complete all month end journals for the fund by 10th day of each

The Successful Applicant

The ideal candidate must be able to work collaboratively within a small team internally, with the wider operations team, directors of two entities and with the finance team of our external partners.

Part Qualified / Newly Qualified / Qualified by expereince

Fund Accounting or Property Accounting experience idealDemonstrating experience of working with external partners is essential for this role.

  • Able to work to monthly reporting deadlines and reporting standards for two distinct entities.
  • Have a good level of credibility and influencing skills at all levels and with non finance stakeholders.
  • ACA/ACCA/CIMA finalist/part qualified accountant with experience in industry, (strong qualified by experience applications will be considered).
  • Ideally experience of working in a SME environment, ideally from a property services or fund management background, but not essential.
  • Proven work experience as a Fund Accountant or similar
  • Knowledge of SAGE accounting software
  • Knowledge of working with QUBE or another property
  • Time-management abilities, working to strict month end deadlines is essential for this
  • A friendly personality, flexible "can do attitude" and a team player is also essential for this



What's on Offer

The working hours are Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm and the corporate benefits include:

  • A bi-annual discretionary bonus
  • Private health care and pension
  • A fantastic office space looking over the River Thames
  • Access to internal and external training
  • Sponsored academic
  • Company events



This is initially an office-based role, with the option to work 3 days in office and 2 days working from home when settled into the role.

Contact
Mary Cotter
Quote job ref
JN-112024-6593637
Phone number
+44 207 776 5987

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Part Qualified Accounting Jobs
Sector
Financial Services
Location
City of London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Mary Cotter
Consultant phone
+44 207 776 5987
Job reference
JN-112024-6593637