The Role

Our fantastic Finance team are looking for a Reporting Accountant to join the team in Bristol.

Sitting within the Group Reporting Team, the Reporting Accountant role has been established to support the centralised JV and corporate structure function within the Group Reporting team.

Using excellent technical and reporting skills and a desire to deliver first class service to stakeholders, this role will be responsible for month end tasks, Joint Venture (`JV`) management reporting and dealing with technical requests, such as accounting for new JV`s and changes to the corporate structure.

The ideal candidate will continually seek to improve the way the finance team operates and uses systems, to enhance the efficiency of the close process and add value to their reporting.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Responsible for the accounting for the USAF JV including timely completion of quarterly JV reporting tasks, additional journals, preparing management accounts, explaining movements, and producing balance sheet reconciliations,
• Quarterly variance reporting on fund overheads to the Senior JV Reporting Accountant,
• Managing group recharges for USAF, invoicing, and cost settlements for the JV
• Liaising with joint venture/ investment fund finance business partners (`FBPs) to reflect any changes to fund structures in the appropriate reporting period,
• Ad-hoc projects, such as working through technical aspects of corporate restructures, securitised debt facilities, and equity related transactions, such as distributions and redemptions,
• Production of ad-hoc reports as required by stakeholders across the business and cost centre budget holders.
• Ensuring the timely completion of month end processes and controls including posting journals in relation to group borrowing and fee amortisation and overheads.
• Responsible for the accounting for build-to-rent (`BTR`) including the timely completion of month end processes, including posting journals to property NOI and overheads (BTR relates to non-student, professional letting income) and reconciliations.

What We`re Looking for in You

• Professional accountant qualified ACA or ACCA accounting qualification
• Experience of financial reporting in a corporate and time pressured environment
• Excellent IT skills including advanced MS Excel Skills with a good understanding of Lookups and Pivot tables
• An ability to understand and account for JV`s and complex group structures
• A mentality of continuous improvement
• Self-starter who can demonstrate initiative, with the ability to prioritise workloads
• An ability to communicate at all levels and develop good working relationships
• Ability to manage multiple demands effectively whilst maintaining high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.