Salary: from $120,000

Remote: Hybrid

Retail Property Accountant 12 month contract, with a genuine pathway to permanent Sydney CBD, 1 day WFH $120,000 base plus Superannuation Job Brief Our client is looking for a hands on Retail Property Accountant to take control of month end across a portfolio of retail assets. This suits someone with retail property accounting experience who wants to build a reliable process, clear a backlog and become the go to person for the asset management team. About Our Client Our client is a growing property investment and funds management business with a portfolio across industrial and retail. Their approach is value add: they buy assets where there is room to improve, through expansion, remixing tenants or repositioning. The finance team is close knit and collaborative, and works directly with the asset managers who run each property. As the retail portfolio has grown, the business wants to strengthen how retail accounting is delivered. Responsibilities Own the month end close for a portfolio of retail assets, ranging from large format centres to shopping centres with a high volume of tenants, including majors, mini majors and food courts Prepare accruals, journals and property P&Ls;, and deliver reporting to asset managers in close to final form Manage tenant billing and lease data,



including outgoings recoveries and percentage rent across leases with differing arrangements Complete balance sheet reconciliations and tenancy audits Clear the existing backlog and set up a repeatable month end process Work closely with the retail asset managers, answering questions on the numbers and supporting budgets and forecasts Spend some time with the Queensland based asset management team and centre management, mainly in the first few months Requirements Retail property accounting experience is essential, ideally gained with a REIT, centre owner or retail property group Candidates from a mid tier accounting firm will be considered if they have worked on significant retail property clients Yardi experience is strongly preferred Strong Excel skills CA or CPA completed or underway is preferred but not essential Comfortable working directly with asset managers and explaining the numbers Open to occasional interstate travel What's on Offer A 12 month contract with a real opportunity to move into a permanent role A explicit brief: fix month end and build the process, with visible impact on the business Close working relationships with asset management in a growing, value add property business Hybrid working once settled in, with a team that supports midweek days at home #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Retail Property Accountant (Sydney)
🏢 Axr
📍 Sydney