LET’S TALK ABOUT THE JOB!
As Junior Real Estate Accountant you will service Shurgard’s development and construction businesses. You report to the Real Estate Accounting Expert and will assist the Real Estate Accounting Expert by performing accounting and clerical tasks related to the efficient maintenance and processing of accounting transactions.
These accounting activities include mainly the maintenance of the company’s Fixed Asset register and tracking of Real Estate expenditure, but also some more general duties such as preparing journal entries, maintaining balance sheet schedules, monthly closings, year-end audit preparation.
You will have contact with the Real Estate team (Construction, Facility, Design, Development etc.) as well as with their suppliers.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES!
About your Accounting and Finance responsibilities:
- You support the daily administration on the invoice and purchase order cycle for insurance, maintenance, repair, and capital expenditures.
- You track the company's insurance, repair, maintenance and capital expenditure against budget.
- You review the allocations and posting of invoices ensuring basic controls.
- You investigate and assist in resolving enquiries from the Real Estate team.
- You liaise with external service providers to ensure the smooth execution of your daily duties (e.g. surveyors, claim handlers…).
- You control the compliance of our internal approval procedures in all its aspects. You will take proper action if not respected.
- You assist in the preparation of the reconciliation files (e.g. accruals & prepaid accounts, Fixed Asset register).
- You assist with monthly closings (e.g. accruals, capitalization and depreciation process, prepaid expenses).
- You assist with the preparation of financial statements and management reports
- You assist with insurance claims management.
- You assist with accounts payables team (e.g. advice on coding of invoices).
- You assist with the ESG reporting preparation.
- You assist with the preparation of the internal and external audit process.
- You assist in the preparation of budgets.
- You support the execution of mergers, acquisitions, and integration as necessary.
- You organize and follow up the archives of the accounting department.
About your process and systems responsibilities:
- You support the implementation of procedures and systems necessary to maintain proper records and to afford adequate accounting controls and procedures for all business cycles in accordance with Shurgard’s standards.
- You support the implementation of the roll out of various control systems in your market(s).
- You support the Real Estate Accounting & Reporting Manager with special projects and workflow process improvements.
- You contribute to European projects: systems, integration of new entities, IFRS migration, maintenance of policies and procedures.
- You ensure the application of and compliance with control processes.
