Senior Accountant (9-months Contract)

The Senior Accountant will support the Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager with ad hoc tasks relating to month-end / year-end financial accounting, management accounting and tax compliance for Stabilised and Development Funds to create capacity within the team 

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):

•        Month-end reporting tasks

o   Prepare monthly management reporting for the Stabilised and Development Funds and related entities

o   Generate financial statements, including budget analysis, investment properties summary, aging reports and etc

o   Review fund level P&L and provide variance commentary

o   IFRS, AASB16, loan drawdown and other trust level journals (where relevant)

o   Reconcile Balance Sheet items, including prepayments, accruals and etc

·        Tax compliance

o   Preparation of BAS 

o   Preparation of annual income tax returns and any associated calculations as required

o   Preparation of distribution tax calculations as required

·        Other tasks (examples include):

o   Payment checks against bank, Yardi and invoices

o   Prepare quarterly/half-yearly loan covenant calculations as required and liaising with Treasury and Funds Team to ensure accuracy and timely submission

o   Provide assistance to other team members during busy workload periods and other ad hoc tasks when required e.g. funds finance projects rollouts

Qualifications:

•        Bachelor’s degree

•        Chartered Accountant/CPA qualified

Essential requirements:

•        Adaptable, strong organisational and multitasking abilities

•        Excellent communication, problem solving and documentation skills

•        Professional, results driven, strong work ethic with high integrity

•        Intermediate or above proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Desirable requirements:

•        Experience of Yardi Voyager

•        Big 4 / Chartered experience

•        Property industry experience