About the Role
This role is responsible for delivering the Corporate accounting for Greystar Europe. This includes applying generally accepted accounting principles to analyse financial information, reconcile financial statements, prepare general and standard journal entries, assist in budget and strategic planning, and prepare standard accounting and financial reports for management.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for Corporate Accounting across Europe, including monthly and quarterly financial reporting that includes accurate and timely variance analysis commentary both for Europe and for the Parent company.
- Working with Financial Controller to ensure monthly reporting packs are fit for purpose.
- Responsible for monitoring and reporting of revenue on a monthly basis and providing monthly updates to the FP&A team on potential risk and opportunities. Working with the other finance teams to ensure monthly revenue is booked in line with accounting standards.
- Responsible for accounts receivable and working closely with the Shared Services team, oversight of invoicing and cash collection of corporate management fees and cost recharges and the relevant balance sheet accounts.
- Working closely with the FP&A team and the relevant business and finance owners during the reforecast and Business Plan cycles.
- Manage the compliance reporting including managing the timely completion of all EU country VAT submissions and discussing VAT related issues with external advisors and in house tax team.
- Manage the quarterly tax provisioning process with the US.
- Support other finance managers within the team on payroll accounting.
- Implement process and procedural improvements to streamline work, increase productivity, and maintain service and quality excellence.
- Prepare financial transactions and information in preparation for entry into various financial statements and accounting reports by checking calculations, reviewing basis for figures, balancing and reconciling figures, and making exceptions as necessary.
- Lead on preparing transitional accounting adjustments for local jurisdictions against US GAAP and management of the secondary ledgers.
- Review of financial statements for both audited and non-audited entities.
- Checks, approves and authorises exceptions to bank reconciliations and transfers for deposit and ensures accuracy.
- Assisting with development and implementation of accounting control procedures.
- Manage the external audits across UK and European entities and manage the audit deadlines and acts as liaison to internal and external auditors by explaining journal entries and financial transactions, and answering questions necessary to complete the audit in a timely manner. This includes working closely with the France finance manager to complete the France external audits.
- Prepare technical accounting memos on various accounting standards relevant to Greystar.
- Ensures customer satisfaction by responding to requests from owners, business leaders, community managers, and others related to financial reports, statements, and established budgets.
- Completes various financial, accounting, administrative, and other reports and analysis, and performs other duties as assigned or as necessary.
- Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations packs for each region and ensure they are fit for purpose
- Work with the Financial Controller to enhance and document Corporate Finance policies and procedures and put controls in place
About You
You’re a qualified accountant with strong technical expertise and a background in real estate or a similar fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional environment. You’re confident across GAAP, VAT, payroll accounting, and year-end audits, with the ability to produce and explain financials clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Excel is second nature to you. You handle large datasets with ease and keep everything accurate, structured, and on track. You’re organised, methodical, and comfortable managing deadlines without compromising on quality.
You lead from the front. Whether mentoring junior team members or working with auditors and senior stakeholders, you communicate with clarity and confidence. Positive, proactive, and commercially aware, you take ownership of your work and always look for ways to improve how things are done.
What We Offer
We include a range of benefits for our corporate team members, including competitive pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance, amongst others as standard. Please reach out if you are keen to know more.
About Greystar
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company’s business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan – European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Spain.
One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience. Please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team to explore opportunities at Greystar in more detail or visit our careers site at https://jobs.greystar.com/.
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