Financial Accountant

We identify and shape places that create opportunity, enhance quality of life, and bring joy to the people connected to them. This is how we’ve created the UK’s leading portfolio of urban places and one of the largest real estate companies in Europe. Our £10 billion portfolio is built around premium workplaces, the country’s pre-eminent retail platform, and a residential pipeline that will redefine urban life. We’ve honed this ability over 80 years, spotting opportunities, building partnerships, and continually adapting to shape the places that meet the needs of a changing world.

The Role

• Responsible for Landsec’s external reporting on a subsidiary and joint venture level, including the production of statutory accounts for subsidiary and joint venture companies and the management reporting to joint venture partners.
• Responsible for company level accounting for specific transactions, joint venture accounting and cashflow forecasting.
• Assist in the preparation of the interim and final glossy accounts and month-end procedures.

The Team

The Financial Reporting team is part of the Group Finance team at Landsec, consisting of eight Financial Accountants and two Financial Reporting Managers reporting into the Head of Financial Reporting. The team is responsible for subsidiary level accounting and reporting, and are the key point of contact for the wider business for subsidiary level financial control. The team works closely with internal stakeholders such as the Tax, Company Secretary and Legal teams, and external stakeholders such as the auditors and joint venture partners.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Production of statutory accounts for subsidiary and joint venture companies, including internal liaison (tax department, company secretariat, service charges) and external liaison (auditors).
• Accounting for company level transactions, such as share issues and dividends.
• Production of reporting for joint venture partners, as well as accounting for and facilitating joint venture transactions such as management fees and distributions.
• Assisting in the completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and other monthly or quarterly procedures.
• Undertaking ad-hoc accounting projects and special reviews as required.

The prime reporting responsibility will be to the Financial Reporting Manager and Head of Financial Reporting but on certain issues it will be to the Head of Financial Accounting or the Group Financial Controller.

Essential Criteria

Your skills, experience and qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant.
• Understanding of IFRS.

Life And Benefits At Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer fantastic Learning and Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Below are some of our core benefits:

• Performance based annual bonus plan.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year. Enjoy an additional three-day December festive break on top of your leave and a special My Day to take off for whatever you choose.
• Enhanced pension contributions - Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution.
• Private medical insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance and income protection.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies.
• Two different share plans enabling you to share in the success you will help to build.
• Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%.
• Access to health and wellbeing benefits: employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Landsec, we value diversity & inclusion. We work to better reflect the diversity of the communities we work within and empower everyone who works at Landsec to realise their potential. We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and usable by everyone.