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Gloucester, United Kingdom & Sydney Australia

Provider of financial due diligence, financial analysis, tenant risk analysis, interpretation of financial statements for a range of investors, including institutional investors, pension funds, individual investors, operating within the UK commercial real estate sector.

London / Swindon, United Kingdom

Undertaking financial due diligence, financial analysis, financial risk and tenant risk analysis, in respect of commercial property transactions ranging from <£1m to £150m, across a number of Fund portfolios with a combined valuation of £9.0bn.Financial modelling, performance analysis and scenario analysis for new Fund launches.Fund accounting, Fund performance analysis for existing Fund portfolios, including open and closed-ended funds, institutional and retail funds.Compilation of Fund annual and interim report and accounts, Fund literature and Fund factsheets.Completion of Request for Proposals (RFPs).

London / Swindon, United Kingdom

Fund accountant to two unitised property portfolios of £750m and £400m, including monthly valuations and accounting, unit pricing, annual statutory reporting and accounting, US GAAP reportingStatutory accounting responsibility for investment vehicles including Limited Companies, Limited Partnerships and Unit TrustsManagement information reporting, including fund liquidity forecasts, fund performance and returns analysis by sector and individual property level, Fund performance measurement against industry benchmarksTaxation, to include preparation of Capital Gains Tax computations and provisioning for unrealised Capital Gains Tax liabilities, VAT accounting and preparation of VAT returns for all VAT-registered vehiclesCapital project monitoring and reportingUndertaking financial due diligence in respect of new property acquisitions, financial risk assessments, credit checks for tenant financial covenant strength, in addition for building contractor firms

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Preparation of the factory expenses budget of approximately £25m, and gaining acceptance from all departmental budget holdersExpense analysis as an aid to budget and forecast setting, progression factory asset write-offs and indentification of potential asset write-offsPreparation of capital investment appraisals for major capital projects for Board submission, to including commercial rationale, evaluations, investment calculations including payback, IRR and DCF

Bristol, United Kingdom

Member of a team established for the offshore transfer of accounting functions and back-office processesAccounts preparation, investigation and clearance of aged items in key control accounts, in readiness for transfer to offshore locationsTraining of staff involved in the offshoring and transfer of accounting and back-office operations

Bristol, United Kingdom

Preparation of key control account reconciliation work across the company and subsidiary reporting entities; investigation of aged items, in preparation for the subsequent acquisition of the Company and its subsidiariesVAT investigation workDocumentation of accounting procedures and training of junior accounting staff

Bristol, United Kingdom

Detailed balance sheet and accounting work for three major UK leasing companies, in preparation for year-end statutory accounting purposes, and also in preparation for migration to a new general ledger application

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Assisting with the implementation of new pricing structures across an estate of 450 public houses, undertaking a comprehensive review of the pricing process, reporting to senior management and identifying key areas of improvementDesign and implementation of a new pricing database to allow for a more effective method of introducing new pricing structuresPreparation of monthly management and Board reports, including analysis of food and liquor margins, stocks and cash levels at division and individual public house level

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Member of a specilialist team involved in the acquisition by Shell, of the UK downstream oil and marketing operations of Gulf Oil GB, including verification work to assess the accuracy of the balance sheet as at the acquisition dateAssisting with monthly reporting requirements for all newly-acquired Gulf Oil GB entities, including integration of accounting systems

Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Full responsibility for the preparation of monthly management accounts, interim and final financial statements for the Company and its UK and overseas subsidiariesImplementation of internal control systems, full balance sheet reconciliations, profit and loss analysis, and detailed margin analysis reporting for products and geographiesCash flow forecasting and liquidity managementFixed asset management, maintaining asset registersCompletion of VAT returns, EU Intrastat and European Sales ListingsWorking with the Finance Director in the day-to-day management of the finance department, including management of the payroll functionAd hoc projects including stock system investigations, payroll issues, sale of subsidiary businesses and IT system issues

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Preparation of monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliation and analysis workAssisting with the integration of newly-acquired companies, and transfer of acquired company accounting data into existing systemsUndertaking detailed tax and national insurance investigation work with reference to Inland Revenue audits

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Preparation of monthly management accounts, year-end statutory accounts and financial reporting, VAT accounting, including preparation of, and filing of VAT returnsControl of the payroll function, including weekly payroll operation, filing of payroll and payroll tax returns

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Undertaking the planning, controlling and review of audit and related tax work prior to partner reviewPlanning and completion of accounts, audit and taxation work, for a wide variety of clients, across all industry sectorsCompletion of corporate and personal tax returns, preparation of tax computations, tax planning, VAT accounting, correspondence with tax authoritiesDirect supervision of junior audit staffFull client liaison