Cost Controller
- Permanent
City of London, London
The details
The Role: Corporate Cost Controller
The Client: Global Real Estate Investment firm
The Location: London City Centre (Hybrid Working)
The Role:
- Accountable for the monthly, quarterly and annual accounting close process; monitoring that all cost-related journal entries
- Maintain accurate records of employee compensation, including salary adjustments, promotions, terminations and incentive award pools
- Analyse and report monthly costs on a statutory and functional unit basis conducting variance analysis to identify cost drivers
- Manage key stakeholders including FP&A to provide commentary for monthly P&L cost reporting analysis, challenging any deviations of actuals to budget on P&L and balance sheet flux analysis
- Liaise with the Global Finance Team to resolve any financial accounting activities and questions on a timely basis
The Requirements:
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) from Audit (Ideally Big 4)
- Post Qualified experience in Industry, ideally in Investment Management or Real Estate
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP & SOX
- Experience with PeopleSoft, OneStream and Trintech Cadency is a key advantage, knowledge of, PowerBI, Smartsheets is desirable.
- Strong Excel experience
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