This is a great opportunity for a driven and talented individual to make a real difference as part of a dedicated and professional team. The Associate Director will lead and manage a team, working on a range of matters providing accounting and financial reporting services for established and new real estate and private equity funds.
The candidate will service the needs of a portfolio of private equity, real estate clients and associated SPVs and will liaise with the CFO and finance team of the funds, third parties (including auditors) and any other external advisors necessary to ensure all issues are resolved and deadlines are met.
Duties
- To maintain and develop strong, lasting relationships with Langham Hall clients.
- Primary contact for clients with daily contact and regular in-person client meetings.
- Take ownership of the portfolio of clients and customer relationships; implement policies, procedures and checklists.
- Review profitability of the portfolio of clients and manage team resources to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
- Compile and analyse financial information underlying the financial statements, including the treatment of business transactions.
- Oversee preparation of management accounts both at asset and fund level, including supporting files and review of all work produced by team.
- Final review layer for complex matters such as consolidations bank debt covenant reporting, investor tax, CIS and VAT reporting.
- Production of monthly/quarterly NAVs.
- Responsible for team planning, monitoring deadlines and coaching and developing junior staff members.
- Provide support and guidance to team members, acting as a mentor and role model.
- Oversee the day to day workload of the team, including effective delegation and resource management.
- Manage performance of direct reports through the Performance Management process, including Performance Review meetings and objective setting.
- Lead the recruitment process and manage staffing levels within the team.
Person Specification
- The candidate will be ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified with minimum of 3-5 years PQE.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Confident and proactive approach and professional attitude to work.
- Highly organised with good time management and planning skills.
- Experience in supervising or coaching staff.
- Ability to lead, mentor, coach and carry out on-the-job training with staff members
- Strong technical accounting skills, ideally gained within real estate funds or an asset management environment.
- A full understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS and other relevant accounting standards, and related preparation of statutory financial statements and auditor liaison.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedures manuals and performance measurement reports at asset and fund level.
For more information, please contact Ben on 707811 or email your CV to jobs@excel-recruitment.com