Property Fund - Finance Manager

M&G have a vision to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business. They are looking for people who are excited about joining them on their journey. They are digitally transforming and investing heavily in technology and innovation to develop new and improved customer propositions that really raise the bar for their customers. To help them achieve their vision they're looking for exceptional people who live their values and behaviours and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple.

Purpose of the Role:

In the role of Property FundFinance Manager at M&G Real Estate, you'll lead the financial operations of Property Funds totaling over £20 billion. With your expertise, you'll ensure the financial health and success of our property investment endeavors, driving excellence in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

As a Property Fund - Finance Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Overseeing regular reporting processes, including reviewing, and approving monthly and quarterly reporting packs, NAV's, prices, distribution calculations, and other financial information prepared by outsourced service providers, and preparing performance reporting files.
• Managing the annual audit process, including reviewing the annual financial statements for the fund and all fund subsidiaries prepared by the administrator, and carrying out a final review of all financial statements prior to their presentation to the respective boards.
• Managing supplier relationships for accounting service providers, ensuring they are adequately instructed, responding to accounting queries, monitoring, and reviewing outputs, and ensuring that the fund is receiving the appropriate level of service.
• Coordinating and reviewing budgets prepared by outsourced service providers, consolidating underlying budgets into a fund budget, and reviewing fund-level variance analysis of actual results to budget prepared by the administrator.
• Reviewing and presenting papers for Board and Audit Committee meetings, attending Board meetings of the fund and the subsidiaries on a quarterly basis, and reviewing quarterly investor reports.
• Providing ad-hoc accounting and financial support to the business, including responding to requests from investors, reviewing rent arrears with asset managers, and reviewing and inputting into the quarterly investor report process.

What we require from the candidate:

• Degree or AAT qualified.
• ACA/ACCA/ACMA qualified accountant (or equivalent).
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS.
• Good experience of financial statutory accounting.
• Property financial accounting experience (preferably including exposure to institutional Property Funds).
• Strong analytical skills. Able to understand, question, and challenge a range of financial data.
• Confidence to communicate effectively with a range of internal and external parties.
• Strong teamwork skills to collaborate with other Managers and team members.
• Excel (to an advanced level is desirable).
• Knowledge of Yardi Voyager system is beneficial.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria, please click the link to apply and we will be in touch with you in due course.

The IR35 status of this assignment will be assessed following the selection process and prior to confirmation of assignment offer.

'At M&G Diversity and Inclusion is a strategic objective. We know that an inclusive environment makes us more accessible and ensures we attract, engage, promote and retain exceptional people. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationally, disability, or military service and welcome those who have taken career breaks. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles.'

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