Head of Finance

**Position Overview**:
Reporting to the Global Chief Financial Officer, the SVP, Head of Finance and Accounting, UK and Europe will act as a strategic partner in the business and will oversee all accounting and transactional activities, including general accounting, financial reporting, technical accounting, accounts payable, tax and compliance, treasury management, finance systems and technology, finance transformation and operational excellence for our UK and European divisions. This key role will be a primary driver in shaping our international operational strategy, ensuring compliance with local GAAP and IFRS, and enhancing our accounting processes to drive efficiency and support a high-growth organization.

The Head of Finance and Accounting, UK and Europe will be an accomplished leader and strong communicator, providing thought leadership, driving process improvement and operational excellence, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and aligning reporting and compliance obligations with overall business priorities. Collaborative, visionary, and inspirational leadership will be pivotal to success at Realty Income. A key focus area will be driving change in a fast-paced, high-volume environment to effectuate a timely, efficient, and accurate financial close in alignment with the deadlines set forth by the U.S. parent company.

They will develop and execute strategies that consider the unique operating frameworks of multiple countries - ensuring compliance with various international financial regulations, tax laws, and reporting standards. They will oversee the preparation of consolidated financial statements that comply with IFRS and local GAAP requirements for each subsidiary or region. This role will also be responsible for optimizing global cash management and liquidity to support international operations. This may involve managing international banking relationships and optimizing the use of international banking services.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Leadership**
- Be an active member of the executive and senior management committees designing and overseeing the implementation of the European expansion strategies.
- Lead operational, tax, and financial design of the European platform including staffing, systems, and infrastructure.
- Be a champion of change management, and a catalyst to motivate the European finance team to take ownership of building sustainable processes and developing solutions to operational challenges, in collaboration with colleagues in the U.S.
- Provide leadership and guidance to the Accounting, Corporate Finance, Finance Operations, and Information Technology teams in Europe.
- Build, manage, and mentor a team of accountants and operation staff in the European hub.
- Build, manage, and cultivate relationships with key suppliers and third parties across the European network.
- Project manage, make decisions for, and recommend structures for several various projects, including international expansion.
- Ensure that departmental financial and operational controls are consistently practiced.
- Cultivate and inspire a culture of high performance and continuous improvement with a commitment to maintaining high standards of professionalism of team members.
- Ensure that departmental financial and operational controls are consistently practiced.

**Managing Technical Areas**
- Model, design, and implement multi-jurisdictional legal structures optimizing operational and tax efficiencies.
- Oversee the development, alongside Legal and Internal audit, of best practice governance and operational policies and procedures for European structures and processes.
- Oversee commercial, tax, and financial aspects of real estate transactions across Europe providing technical support and decision-making to legal and transaction teams.
- Oversee the general ledgers, accounts receivable, accounts payable, depreciation and tax records for all European company entities, including accounting transactions, applicable distributions, financial statement preparation and annual statutory audits.
- Oversee and develop a local GAAP reporting framework, utilizing the company’s ERP system (Yardi).
- Work with the US Accounting team in finalizing the month-end accounting close for the European entities.
- Work with our Tax Director to coordinate preparation of the applicable tax returns for Europe and ensure all local tax matters are processed correctly and timely.
- Work with the Technical Accounting Team to research and adopt new accounting standards and pronouncements, including coaching of the local European hub on financial controls and technical accounting changes.
- Provide support and consultation with regard to the coordination of hedging transactions with Corporate Finance.
- Oversee cash and treasury management within Europe, including the coordination of hedging transactions with Corporate Finance.
- Understand the equity accounting for restricted stock grants within Europe.
- Oversee reconcil