Finance Director

A privately owned property developer in South West London are looking to recruit a hands on Finance Director. The role will have one direct report in Accounts Payable and report directly into the owner of the company. You will be part of a wider team of 20. The role is very varied and broad and an incredible opportunity to grow your skill set within the company. 5 days per week, 9am-6pm.

Responsibilities:

This is a broad remit, with responsibilities ranging from debt and equity raising and overseeing capital market transactions to ensuring the smooth running of regular reporting and Accounts Payable processes.

Finance

• Main point of contact with institutional capital partner
• Manage banking relationships and relationships with lenders
• Arrange debt for development projects and investments as required
• Lead equity raising processes and be the face of the business with various institutional and external parties

Transactions

• All financial and tax due diligence associated with purchase or sale of properties or SPVs
• Development appraisals and investment cash flows
• Liaison with external solicitors on acquisitions and disposals
• All financial and corporate due diligence regarding external loan facilities

Accounting

• Preparation of quarterly management accounts for all group companies
• Assist external accountants with year-end accounts preparation
• Manage audit process for companies owned by capital partner
• Managing all Companies House and HMRC submissions
• Accounting entries, such as posting and reconciling banks, revenue and sales invoicing, general ledger journals and accounting for specific transactions and recording of loan statements
• Recording of all large transactions associated with property sales and acquisitions

Accounts Payable

• Managing the supplier payment process
• Weekly review of aged creditors

Cash flow

• Management of SPV bank accounts
• Weekly cash flow forecasting
• Monthly reporting of project costs for all current projects, loan summary reporting and any other ad hoc reports requested by management
• Preparation of costing summaries and other reports to assist construction team

Tax

• VAT and CIS registrations and returns
• VAT planning
• Managing all interactions with HMRC
• Review corporation tax returns prepared by advisers
• Work with external advisors on strategic planning for personal and corporate tax
• Any other work associated with shareholder personal financial affairs when required

Company Secretarial

• Incorporating SPVs, managing filings and compliance, maintaining statutory books for all companies and monitoring group structure
• Strategic planning with external advisors on group structure, capital planning long-term capital strategy

Other

• Supervision of bookkeeper, including review of entries and recording of invoices
• Manage monthly payroll process with external payroll provider
• Assist wider team as required, including requirements specific to sales and purchases, tax compliance and planning, liaising with external consultants and providing general financial and accounting advice to the business

Candidate Requirements:

• Several years’ experience in a senior finance role, ideally in the real estate industry and development in particular
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification
• Personable and professional, with the ability to interact directly with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including senior management and financial institutions
• Able to manage multiple tasks and conflicting priorities
• Attention to detail and thorough self-review
• Comfortable working within a tight-knit team and prepared to assist on a wide variety of tasks
• Confident working without close supervision as required
• Prior experience working with institutional capital and lenders, with having raisied equity and debt being an advantage

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates