Associate Accountant - Retail Property Contract Reading/Home Are you a detail-driven finance professional ready to take ownership of high-impact property accounting? Join a dynamic Financial Accounting team that's committed to delivering best-in-class reporting and control across a vast retail estate. As Associate Accountant, you'll play a key role in managing the monthly accounting for property costs across 300 retail stores. Working within a team of four, you'll collaborate closely with external service providers and internal stakeholders to ensure accuracy, compliance (IFRS 16 & IAS 17), and actionable insights. Responsibilities of the Associate Accountant include: Own the monthly accounting, reporting, and analysis of retail property costs Lead balance sheet reconciliations and variance resolution meetings Support audit activities and contribute to process improvement initiatives Provide financial analysis and project support across the wider accounting function Partner with commercial finance teams during budgeting cycles The successful Associate Account will have: Degree-level education or equivalent IAS17 Accounting Transactional Accounting (Balance sheet recons, payment processing, posting of journals, month end and balance sheet recons) Retail accounting (processing rent, property costs, rates, utilities, costings of retail stores) Experience in financial accounting, ideally within property or retail Clear communication and stakeholder engagement abilities This is a fantastic opportunity to deepen your expertise in property accounting while driving operational excellence in a fast-paced environment. Please send your CV to (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy