The Senior Accountant is responsible for preparation of monthly/year-end financial accounting, management accounting and tax compliance for Stabilised and Development Funds. The Senior Accountant will also be responsible to review a number of funds and support the Manager in any ad-hoc requirements for the efficient running of the funds finance function.
Month-end reporting
- Prepare and/or review monthly management reporting for the Stabilised and Development Funds and related entities
- Generate financial statements, including budget analysis, investment properties summary, aging reports and etc.
Monthly Tasks
- Review fund level P&L and provide variance commentary
- IFRS, AASB16, loan drawdown and other trust level journals (where relevant)
- Reconcile Balance Sheet items, including prepayments, accruals and etc
- Work closely with Business stakeholders to ensure accurate financial results are prepared
Daily Tasks
- Bank reconciliation [working with outsource provider who will be performing the bank reconciliation process]
- Payment checks against bank, Yardi and invoices
- Vendor verification as required
Tax Compliance
- Preparation of monthly/quarterly BAS report
- Preparation of annual income tax returns and any associated calculations as required
- Preparation of distribution tax calculations as required
Process Improvement
- Pro-actively seek and implement process and system improvements
- Assist with team projects as required and takes responsibility and ownership for deliverables including projects/process improvements
Ad-Hoc Tasks
- Facilitate internal/external auditors on query resolutions and assist with year-end statutory accounts preparation
- Ensuring compliance with Internal Accounting Policies and Procedures in day-to-day activities.
- Prepare instructions and facilitate execution of legal documentation as required
- Prepare quarterly/half-yearly loan covenant calculations as required and liaising with Treasury and Funds Team to ensure accuracy and timely submission
- Assist with ad-hoc portfolio management tasks as required related to actual financial data
- Provide assistance to other team members during busy workload periods and other ad hoc tasks when required
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Chartered Accountant/CPA qualified or close to qualification
Essential requirements:
- Intermediate or above proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Ability to complete tasks while meeting tight deadlines
- Attention to detail and strong record-keeping skills
- Professional, results driven, strong work ethic with high integrity
- Strong communication skills with demonstrated verbal, written and presentation skills
Desirable requirements:
- Experience of Yardi Voyager
- Big 4 / Chartered experience
- Property industry experience
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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.
