Interim Senior Financial Accountant

HedgerWay are working with a leading real estate and investment manager based in the City of London who require a Senior Financial Accountant to join on a 12 month contract to work within their Group finance function.

You'll be a qualified accountant with experience in similar industry roles, ideally within Real Estate, Investment / Asset Management or similar. Background will include working on month end, year end, statutory reporting audit support and projects work. The business are also going through a systems implementation so experience within this process would also be advantageous as you'll be part of this project. Experience working under IFRS required, ideally in a large complex environment.

• Act as a key business partner with Group Finance and wider teams to ensure accurate accounting and reporting, true accruals, and strong financial oversight.
• Oversee monthly expense reporting, including detailed variance analysis, cost‑centre reporting, and presentation of results to senior management.
• Maintain strong financial controls, ensuring accuracy within the general ledger and complete, timely balance sheet reconciliations across assigned entities.
• Develop and enhance financial policies, procedures, and processes to support accurate, efficient, and well‑controlled financial reporting.
• Lead statutory and audit responsibilities, managing year‑end audits, preparing audit packs, resolving expense‑related queries, and ensuring statutory accounts and regulatory obligations are met.
• Coordinate tax‑related compliance, ensuring all periodic filings are completed accurately and on time in partnership with external advisors.