Summary: The role of Interim Senior Property Accountant involves supporting the development of a small team of accountants within a high-growth property business in Manchester. The position requires the preparation and review of management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and various financial reports, while also mentoring junior staff. The company promotes a collaborative culture emphasizing trust and accountability. This is a 6-month contract with potential for extension or permanent placement.

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: Other