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SRM Recruitment are partnering with a scaling private equity (PE) backed real estate business to recruit a Group Financial Accountant for their head office team. This role will offer a fantastic platform for ongoing career growth given our client's trajectory in their chosen market.

Role target: This role is targeted at a candidate probably trained within a practice environment (top 10 or Big 4) with some experience post-practice in a group orientated role in some form.

This role will play a pivotal role in the continued growth of the group, in delivering high quality and accurate financial information to senior leadership and building processes to coordinate the regional teams to deliver regular and accurate reporting.

Responsibilities

• Monthly Group Consolidation

Lead preparation of the group’s consolidated monthly results.

• Prepare monthly group consolidation, including inter-company elimination and FX translation
• Ensure consistency and completeness of regional submissions into group reporting pack
• Reconcile inter-company balances and work with regional teams to resolve mismatches
• Produce consolidated schedules for internal review and board reporting
• Improve close efficiency through templates and automation initiatives

• In-Housing Entity Accounting from Third Parties

Transition accounting responsibilities from external providers into internal control.

• Coordinate handovers from accountancy firm advisors and other outsourced providers for our clients regional offices
• Ensure regional teams take ownership of local ledgers and trial balances post-handover
• Standardise bookkeeping procedures and integrate with NetSuite structure
• Ensure audit trail and documentation are embedded during transition
• Flag legacy accounting issues and work with regions to remediate

• Technical Accounting & Tax Support

Assist the Group FC and advisors on tax, transfer pricing, and accounting remediation projects.

• Act as the main point of contact for collecting and submitting tax and accounting data
• Track progress on actions arising from the international tax healthcheck
• Coordinate with country teams to deliver documentation for the TP project
• Maintain technical memos and central file of accounting decisions
• Support implementation of policy changes driven by tax advice

• Audit & Statutory Reporting Support

Support group audit and statutory deliverables by owning key workstreams.

• Work with regional teams take ownership of preparing annual Audit file
• Respond to group auditor queries relating to consolidation and accounting processes
• Prepare reconciliations and analysis for areas owned (e.g. intercompany, equity)
• Contribute to statutory accounts preparation across group entities
• Ensure audit-ready documentation is kept up-to-date throughout the year
• Work with Head of Group Reporting to resolve technical points

• Exit Preparation & FDD Readiness

Ensure financial records are structured and accessible for potential due diligence.

• Maintain well-organised backup files and transaction data for key accounts
• Support Group FC and advisors in preparing financial DD data room
• Ensure clean reconciliations and standard reporting formats for key KPIs
• Assist in preparing pro forma adjustments and bridge schedules
• Track follow-up queries and ensure timely, well-documented responses

Qualifications & Profile

• A qualified ACA, CA, ACCA (likely trained in practice) coupled with some industry experience having been gained in a group orientated role
• Robust technical understanding of reporting and reporting standards such as IFRS
• Prior experience in working in multinational group environment (ideally)
• Strong accounting base with understanding of commercial business activity
• Self-starter and confidence in communicating with senior stakeholders
• Experience with NetSuite would be beneficial

Our client offers a hybrid working policy and are based in a convenient, central London location.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance, Analyst, and Accounting/Auditing

Industries

• Real Estate and Construction