Summary: The role of Interim Senior Property Accountant involves mentoring a small team of part and newly qualified accountants in a high-growth property business based in Manchester. The position focuses on the preparation and review of management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and compliance reporting, while also identifying opportunities for process improvements. This is a 6-month contract with potential for extension or permanent placement. The company promotes a collaborative culture emphasizing trust and teamwork.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and preparation of monthly management accounts and variance analysis.
• Review and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Production of monthly and quarterly cash reporting.
• Review of monthly CIS returns.
• Review of monthly and quarterly VAT returns.
• Preparation of quarterly debt compliance reporting.
• Production of quarterly group consolidated management accounts and reporting.
• Key involvement in the preparation and review of annual accounts and supporting the year-end audit.
• Management of Assistant Accountant.
• Supporting the Senior Finance Manager managing the team's deliverables.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in current financial processes and leading on projects to implement process enhancements.

Key Skills:

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).
• 3+ years of property accounting experience.
• Mentoring/management experience.
• Strong system skills along with advanced Excel.
• Highly analytical with proven ability to understand numbers.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Self-starter capable of finding solutions with minimal supervision.
• Excellent organization skills with ability to set priorities, manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Salary (Rate): 65000

City: Manchester

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance