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Chartered Accountant – Real Estate Accounting

Wahed· Finance
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Hybrid (Mumbai)Full-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Chartered Accountant responsible for end-to-end real estate accounting for Wahed’s SPV-backed investments across multiple jurisdictions, with a focus on automation, compliance, and cross-geography collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full accounting cycle for real estate SPVs, including bookkeeping, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and month-end, quarter-end and year-end close.
  • Account for property acquisitions, disposals, capital expenditure, depreciation, impairment and fair value movements.
  • Manage rental income, service charges, lease accounting (IFRS 16 / ASC 842), tenant receivables and deposits.
  • Account for investor capital contributions, distributions, intercompany funding and related equity and cash movements.
  • Prepare property-level and entity-level P&L, balance sheets, cash flow statements and management reports.
  • Maintain accounts for SPVs under US GAAP, UK GAAP / FRS 102, MFRS / IFRS across multiple jurisdictions and support group consolidation.
  • Handle intercompany transactions, eliminations, transfer pricing documentation and multi-currency reporting.
  • Prepare statutory financial statements and coordinate annual audits with external auditors.
  • Support tax compliance with local advisors (VAT, GST, SST, corporate tax, withholding tax filings).
  • Maintain a compliance calendar for every entity and ensure regulatory deadlines are met.
  • Identify manual accounting processes and automate them using ERP features, Excel/Google Sheets automation, scripts or low-code platforms.
  • Build standardised templates, reconciliations and reporting packs for consistency across entities.
  • Work across major accounting platforms (e.g., Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Zoho Books, SAP, Sage, Yardi, MRI) and maintain COA/data consistency.
  • Support system implementations, migrations and integrations between accounting and banking platforms.
  • Strengthen internal controls, documentation and SOPs for auditable processes.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across India, the UK, the US, Malaysia and other geographies; provide timely financial insight, variance analysis and reporting.
  • Respond to investor, auditor and regulator queries promptly and accurately.

Qualifications

  • Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI, ICAEW, ACCA or equivalent).
  • 4–8 years of post-qualification experience, including at least 3 years in real estate accounting.
  • Proven experience accounting for SPVs or multi-entity structures across more than one jurisdiction (ideally US, UK or Malaysia).
  • Hands-on experience across at least two major accounting platforms.
  • Strong working knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP and UK GAAP, including lease and property accounting.
  • Track record of automating at least one recurring accounting or reporting process.

Skills

Required:Real Estate AccountingMulti-Entity ReportingSystems & AutomationCompliance

Benefits

  • Wahed offers exposure to international real estate portfolios, strategic financial insight, and a mission-driven, diverse work environment.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Wahed

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Wahed is an digital Halal investing platform that’s making investing in line with your values more accessible, easy and affordable to everyone.

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