Senior Accountant

5 days ago


Hertfordshire, United Kingdom The City & Capital Group Full time

The City & Capital Group are delighted to be representing a socially and environmentally conscious property development firm, based in Hertfordshire, who have retained our services in order to appoint an experienced and reliable Senior Accountant to theirgrowing team.

The finance team play a crucial role in the success of the business and due to recent growth and successes the requirement to onboard a knowledgeable, confident and diligent finance professional has never been more pertinent. You will assist with supportingthe financial affairs of the company and overseeing important management accountant duties.

**Duties will include (though may not be limited to)**:

- Project/Investment budget building & tracking
- Rental income tracking, analysis and chasing late payments
- Management of the month end accounting process including SPV accounting for 15+ companies
- Daily transaction reconciliations using Xero accounting software
- Production of monthly management accounts, group consolidation for presentation to the Financial Controller
- Processing and payment of invoices
- Preparing, sending out and chasing payment of invoices
- Maintaining direct debits & standing orders
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Posting journals, accruals & repayments
- Supporting the Financial Controller with ad hoc business requests
- Preparation of VAT returns

This role would suit an individual with previous real estate accounting experience whether this be working for an accountancy practise or within the finance or accountancy team of a commercial business.

Our client entered the market with a mission to help tackle the housing shortage and the homelessness crisis currently facing the UK. Through the acquisition and development of properties they are looking to address the lack of high quality suitable housing.Through the partnerships they hold with housing associations, councils and charities they let the properties out to those in need.

They aim to go above and beyond the industry standard by building sustainably and to the highest of standards. Their focus is on working with vulnerable individuals who often find it challenging to find secure housing and assist in placing them into permanenthomes, in turn improving their quality of living and their mental & physical health.

Therefore the ideal individual that will fit in with the team and duties will share these values and be highly organised and capable of managing and running several processes at once. You will be a proactive individual, quick to spot opportunities or concernsand to address these quickly and accurately. You will be a strong team player, happy to roll up your sleeves and undertake any task and you will be a confident and you will demonstrate an excellent attention to detail as well as a confidence in terms of bothwritten and oral communication.

**Ideal Personal Attributes**:

- Highly organised with a keen eye for detail
- A strong and confident communicator, verbally and in writing
- Able to undertake & manage a number of duties at any one time
- Proactive attitude, keen to identify opportunities or problems and address them
- Strong collaborator and excellent team player
- Happy to undertake any task, no matter how big or small
- Ambitious and keen to develop career further within

Our client is willing to pay up to £45k as a basic salary which will be complemented by their company benefits scheme and bonus package. Higher offers may be considered for exceptional talent. Most notably as the business is expected to increase in size, opportunities to progress your own career standing forward quickly within may be prevalent, once excellent performance is delivered.

You MUST be able to work from our clients Hertfordshire office where required.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,



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