The Role
The role is to support the Director of Client Accounting and Reporting working on our Public REIT in delivering the financial accounting and reporting function for Regional REIT Limited.
Key responsibilities in the role are:
- Preparing consolidated management accounts on a quarterly basis
- Preparation and analysis of financial forecasts and cashflow forecasts
- Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for internal stakeholders and external regulators.
- Oversight of the preparation of indirect tax returns including VAT and CIS across the team.
- Collaboration with Asset Management and Property Management teams on ad hoc queries/projects and supporting investment acquisition and disposals.
- Regularly reviewing and challenging existing processes to identify efficiencies and mitigate risks.
Requirements
• Qualified accountant (ICAS/ACCA preferable) with either practice or in-house experience (1-2 years post qualified).
• Degree qualified in accounting, finance or a related field.
• Familiarity with UK and International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Strong analytical ability and natural problem solver, with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Extensive experience in financial management, budgeting and forecasting.
• Financial accounting and control experience within the Real Estate fund’s industry not essential but would be advantageous.
• Able to demonstrate experience of implementation of efficiencies identified within operational/financial processes.
• Strong project and relationship management skills and experience managing a third-party relationship with ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively.
• Experience dealing with audit teams and managing an audit process.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail oriented and thorough.
• Commercially aware/professional.
• Excellent IT skills and full proficiency in Microsoft Office, in particular advanced Excel capability.
Benefits
- Holidays – 25 days per year plus 10 bank holidays and local public holidays in Scotland
- Private Medical Insurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Pension
- Death in Service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Top Skills
What We Do
ESR is a leading Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres, and energy infrastructure that power the digital economy and supply chain for investors, customers, and communities. Through our fully integrated real asset fund management and development platform, we strive to create value and growth opportunities for our global portfolio of investors. We offer our customers modern space solutions to realise their ambitions across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, and India, including a presence in Europe. Our purpose, Space and Investment Solutions for a Sustainable Future, drives us to manage sustainably and impactfully for the communities we serve to thrive for generations to come.
