Equifind are representing a West End based, boutique Real Estate firm who are looking to hire a Financial Accountant.

Long term they see this as the ideal training ground for somebody who's actively sat their AAT, ACCA or CIMA exams and would like to continue studying towards ultimately becoming a qualified accountant for the business. Prior Real Estate experience or exposure is highly advantageous but not mandatory.

The company are in to work life balance, employee well-being and giving people broad experience in a structured way.

The Role:

The key responsibilities for this permanent Financial Accountant role for a West End based, boutique Real Estate firm will be:

• Manage accounts payable invoices and payments.
• Processing corporate employee’s expenses through 'Pleo’ (an expense management system).
• Monitoring the group cash position.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Month-end accounting, including updating quarter-end working papers.
• Posting month-end journals (fixed assets, depreciation, prepayments, accruals).
• VAT returns.
• Recharges.
• Processing monthly payroll.
• Monitoring and reconciliation of the intercompany balances.
• Assisting with audit process for year-end.
• Ad-hoc projects.

Application Criteria:

To be considered for the role of permanent Financial Accountant role with a West End based, boutique Real Estate firm, candidates should ideally be:

• Ideally a qualified AAT accounting professional or part-qualified accountant
• Have an ambition or real desire to pursue the CIMA or ACCA qualification
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environment
• Confident in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders
• Attention to detail is essential
• Strong communication skills
• Ideally intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables, V-Look Up, SumIf)
• Ideally proficient with Sage Intacct
• Willing to be part of a team and engage with others

Compensation:

The permanent Financial Accountant role with a West End based, boutique Real Estate firm will be paid a competitive market based salary with full study support (CIMA, ACCA).

• Hybrid working pattern. 4-days per week in the office. 1-day WFH, remotely
• Employer pension contribution.
• 25-days annual leave.
• Other benefits.
• Annual competitive bonus.