Head of Finance - Battersea - £60,000 - £75,000 DOE

Our client, a leading property investor specialising in companies with commercial and residential properties in London are seeking a Head of Finance, a newly created role to support the director with implementing processes and managing the finance team.

Responsibilities

• Invoices - ensure all invoices are addressed to the relevant company to which the cost relates and they are uploaded to QBO via a dedicated email address
• Supplier payment - preparing and processing supplier payments and ensuring that the director has signed all payments off
• Invoice uploading - loading invoices to Auto entry software for accountants, which feeds into accounts software, using dedicated email addresses for each company
• Bank payments - ensure all invoices are paid from the correct company to which the costs relate
• Bank - transferring funds between various company bank accounts to ensure sufficient funds held to pay expenses
• Dormant accounts - submission of dormant company accounts once agreed with the external accountants
• Confirmation statements - submission of confirmations statements once agreed with the external accountants
• Deal ledgers - property deal ledgers maintained on Excel to be updated on a timely basis, and to ensure all information is correctly detailed for accountants
• Deal ledgers summary - maintain profit and loss summary for all deal ledgers
• Completion statements - ensuring all sale and purchase completion statements are saved in the relevant company folders for accountants to access
• Bank balances - prepare a bank balances summary of all bank accounts in the morning and afternoon for director
• Communication - serving as the main point of contact to the external accountants to provide answers and information to help the accounting process
• Incorporation of new companies - notifying accountants of all new incorporations
• Companies list - maintain and update internal companies list for all ongoing deals
• Reporting - producing various reports for the director on an ad hoc basis for various land and property projects
• QBO - access to QBO to produce creditor reports for director sign of off of supplier invoices to be paid and to reconcile any supplier invoices and payments discrepancies
• Credit control - rental income - ensuring rent is received for various rental properties per rental agreements
• Review and submit tax returns
• Oversee and manage a finance administrator

Skills and Experience Required:

• Minimum 5 years' experience working in finance within property
• Fully ACCA qualified - essential
• Data entry skills and knowledge of spreadsheets especially Microsoft Excel
• The ability to work in a team as well as individually
• Trustworthy and discreet when dealing with confidential information
• The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Confidence to communicate effectively and accurately with a wide range of people, from senior management, customers, suppliers and accountants
• QBO software knowledge would be preferred, however, training will be provided

Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 DOE
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 6:30pm, office based - underground parking available

If you are a proactive individual who is keen to progress their career within an established brand, please contact Anisha on the Business Support team at Dove & Hawk Property Recruitment.
0203 725 9835

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