Accounting & Finance Shared Service Specialist

This role requires a motivated person who is good at multi-tasking and has good communication and time management skills. You should be thorough, accurate, and able to demonstrate good bookkeeping, Excel skills, system skills, and logic. With prior working knowledge of Xero and Syft Analytics used to consolidate the financials.

The company currently operates as a Trust and 10 individual limited liability companies. As the refinancing project continues, the number of limited liability companies may grow.

The role is within our Shared Service Finance unit and is responsible for the day-to-day processing of data, reconciliations, and reporting. You will be required to perform the full range of accounting duties, including data entry, creation of transactions into Xero, fact-checking, preparation of forecasts, preparation of daily cash flows, liaison with our Insurance Brokers, working with our external refinancing team, ledger reconciliations, working on projects, and finally preparing the consolidated monthly financial statements.

The Role

• The role primarily provides day-to-day accounting support. From time-to-time, you may also be required to provide input/support across our wider business units.
• You will be required to process all property transactions from the Xero bank account dashboards.
• You will provide the day-to-day lead and support on any future system implementations within the Division. Currently, we are working through the development and implementation of a new Property Management System. To this extent, you will be required to provide input and testing to ensure that this system is correctly implemented and allows for the accurate financial reporting of the Division’s operations.
• You will create and maintain monthly General Ledger reconciliations.
• You will create and maintain the Fixed Asset Registers for each of our business units.
• You will oversee communications with the Division’s vendors as and when required. This may require you to assist in producing supplier account reconciliations.
• You will prepare a set of monthly financial statements for the Division and will arrange, attend, and facilitate regular monthly ‘Board’ meetings with the owners. This will require you to provide an explanation/understanding of the key events occurring in the reporting period.
• You will provide and maintain a daily cash flow forecast for the various bank accounts of the Division.
• You will undertake fact checks and resolve discrepancies as and when they arise.
• You will, from time-to-time, assist with tax compliance.