Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Financial Accountant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial accounting, budgeting and forecasting.

The Financial Accountant will be responsible for managing and maintaining the financial aspects of our commercial leasing arrangements across the organization. This includes ensuring accurate financial reporting, verifying lease terms and upholding the conditions of lease agreements.

The successful candidate must have exceptional communication skills, with the ability to effectively plan, prioritize, and manage a demanding workload. They will exhibit both technical and functional excellence, consistently upholding company values while striving to achieve high standards of sales performance and customer service.

• To support the Management Accounting team to assist in the completion of an accurate and timely month-end close to assist key stakeholders with decision making.
• To analyse monthly results and liaise with various stakeholders across the business to identify favourable and unfavourable variances against forecast and advise stakeholders on areas for improvement.
• To assist with preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, including investigation of material reconciling items

• Develop and manage budgeting and financial policies for organisational operations and commercial leases, ensuring compliance with legal standards.
• Prepare and present financial reports to key stakeholders, including management, landlords, boards, and shareholders.
• Analyse financial data and conduct audits related to business operations, commercial leases, capital investments, and risk assessments.
• Review and verify lease terms and payment structures, ensuring accuracy in rent reviews, options, outgoings, and other charges as per lease agreements.
• Prepare and manage tax filings for the company, advise on tax planning and compliance issues.
• Examining operating costs of the venues against lease provisions to determine charges are valid and in accordance with legal obligations.
• Providing assurance about the accuracy of the information contained in financial reports and leases to ensure legal compliance.
• Assisting in formulating and verifying rent and outgoing budgets, as well as comparing variances year on year.
• Implement and maintain accounting and internal control systems to safeguard assets, monitor supplier invoices, and ensure accurate reporting across rent and ad-hoc expenses.
• Ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial statements and reconciliation reports, meeting both organisational and statutory requirements.
• Assist in the strategic financial planning, including budget creation, forecasting, and analysing variances between financial performance and expectations.

• Experience in lease administration software (not necessarily Lease Eagle).
• Ability to review leases, extract critical information regarding the division of landlord / tenant responsibilities in terms of repairs and maintenance.
• The ability to undertake reviews of the portfolio in terms of operating expenses and other ad hoc charges.
• Resolution of finance queries including reconciliation of accounts, et al.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite including intermediate excel.
• Technical or functional expertise including excellent numeracy skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Effective organisation and time management skills.
• Ability and desire to grow with the organisation.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of drive, motivation, initiative and resilience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Honesty, integrity and trust
• Ability to work in a team

• Competitive salary
• Broad range of employee benefits