Senior Accountant in Southampton

To deliver a comprehensive first‑class accounting service to a portfolio of private equity and real estate structures in line with the defined business activities.

What you’ll be doing

• Review of Accounts and preparation of complex set of accounts
• Manage the quarterly reporting and annual reporting cycles
• Manage the process of VAT returns
• Manage the client billing process for the team
• Liaison with auditors to ensure smooth audit process if required

Supervision

• Supervise more junior members of staff
• Assist with the management of the workflow of junior team members
• Delegate tasks to more junior members of staff
• Review all outgoing correspondence by direct reporting junior team members
• Assist with the development/enhancement of team specific procedures
• Assist with and if appropriate conduct appraisals for direct reporting team members

Time Management

• Plan and prioritise own and team workflow
• Deal with matters in a timely manner

Timesheet

• Daily input of time on timesheet

Other

• Assist with the creation and maintenance of client specific accounting procedures
• Liaise with external contacts to obtain and provide required information
• Attend client meetings in respect of accounting matters as required
• Communicate to directors regarding outstanding work and situations involving the accounts department and its clients
• Assist the Manager in analysing clients’ key performance indicators for submission with the management accounts
• Assist with and contribute to ad hoc projects as required

The ideal background for this role

• Recognised professional accounting qualification
• Direct experience of producing management accounts or Investor reporting
• Experience in producing financial statements under IFRS, UK GAAP or other appropriate standards for a range of entities
• Experience in supervision juniors
• Experience in effective communicating with clients
• A minimum of 2 years’ post qualification experience in financial services environment
• Experience of preparation of VAT and other tax returns
• Fund accounting experience including consolidation
• Experience of dealing with audit requirement
• Sound knowledge of private equity and real estate fund structures and accounting requirement through fund lifecycle

Knowledge

• Good knowledge and understanding, appropriate to level, of current industry legislation and regulation & working practices
• Detailed knowledge of UK GAAP or IFRS
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of real estate fund’s structure
• Fund accounting software knowledge (Yardi or equivalent)

Role Location/Hybrid Schedule

This role is based in our Southampton office. Although the nature of most of the roles within Gen II cannot be classed as totally flexible, there is scope in some cases for a form of Agile Working. The different ways in which Agile Working can be undertaken is dependent on the demands and needs of the business, the office space available and the individual’s preferences and circumstances.