Senior Accountant
Job description
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Overview
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Accountant to join us. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing financial records, preparing reports, and supporting financial management activities. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work within a dynamic organisation, utilising advanced accounting software and contributing to the financial health of the company. The position is suitable for individuals with a strong background in financial services and accounting practices.
Duties
- Provision of financial accounting, management reporting, and business partnering support for the project development of real estate components.
- Oversee the preparation of a range of items, including management reports and financial statements for audit purposes.
- Involved in the preparation of financial statements for audit, handling tax matters, budgeting and forecasting, and credit review matters.
- Producing VAT returns accurately and within HMRC deadlines.
- Producing month-end/quarterly/year-end reports on Excel for the CEO and stakeholders.
- Ensuring all development invoices are coded against the correct budget and in line with the latest appraisals.
- Cost recording and budget control for assets under construction
- Responsible for all cash flow reporting.
- Ensure timely month-end closing and balance sheet reconciliations. Responsible for balance sheets and profit/loss statements for a portfolio of companies
- Producing year-end accounts for auditors
- Balance sheet reconciliations.
- Responsible for all the company's payment management and employee salary distribution
- Contact an external professional financial consultant.
Experience
- Qualified Accountant with up to 3 years post qualified experience (ACCA/CIMA/ACA),
- Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience within real estate/developer/property company.Experienced in development or construction environments;
- High level of Excel skills and ability to work with large financial models and accounting software
- Handling and understanding VAT returns.
- Good knowledge of local accounting standards and IFRS.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to interface with colleagues internally and remotely, Competent working in a fast-paced environment ,and producing work to a high standard.Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Accounting experience that has been involved in the complete real estate residential development process would be advantageous.
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⭐ Highlight your professional accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) at the top of your CV as this is explicitly required
📊 Quantify your Excel experience: 'Built financial models tracking £2.5M development budgets across 8 residential projects'
🏗️ Emphasise real estate/construction experience prominently as they specifically want property development background
📋 Showcase VAT expertise with concrete examples: 'Prepared quarterly VAT returns for £12M turnover, maintaining 100% HMRC compliance'
🎯 Include specific IFRS knowledge and audit preparation experience as these are key technical requirements
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- •Managed VAT compliance for £15M residential development portfolio, preparing quarterly returns and maintaining 100% HMRC deadline adherence
- •Built Excel financial models tracking construction costs and cash flows for 12 development projects, identifying £180k in budget variances
- •Prepared year-end accounts for 8 property development companies, liaising with external auditors to ensure IFRS compliance and timely completion
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Dear Hiring Manager,
UWH Development Ltd's focus on residential property development aligns perfectly with my ACCA qualification and 5 years of real estate accounting experience, particularly my expertise in VAT returns and IFRS compliance for development projects.
My background in construction accounting includes managing complete development cycles from initial appraisal through to year-end accounts preparation. I have extensive experience with Excel financial modelling for multi-million pound developments, balance sheet reconciliations for work in progress, and producing management reports for senior stakeholders including CEOs and external auditors.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you handle VAT treatment for residential development projects?
- ›Explain your approach to balance sheet reconciliations for construction work in progress
- ›What IFRS standards are most relevant to real estate development accounting?
- ›How do you manage cash flow forecasting for multi-phase development projects?
- ›Describe your experience with development appraisal models in Excel
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to meet a tight HMRC deadline
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a significant budget variance
- ›How do you prioritise multiple month-end tasks under pressure?
- ›Give an example of when you had to explain complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders
- ›Tell me about a time you improved a financial reporting process
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to meet a tight HMRC deadline
Describe a situation where you identified a significant budget variance