Purpose of the role:
Reporting directly into the Head of Accounting in the Channel Islands, you will manage a small team of Senior Accountants and a Bookkeeper to service a variety of different client accounting needs across the different administration service lines in the Channel Islands.
Responsibilities:
- Meeting regularly with the in-house teams to ensure adherence to contractual obligations and client specific KPIs
- Management and overall control over the accounting services provided to a bank of clients across the different service lines
- Continual focus on the development of the internal accounting software system and working closely with Software Consultants
- Attending client meetings to provide technical accounting support
- Key involvement in projects and team decisions at senior level
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of client specific accounting procedures and templates
Skills required:
- Recognised Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, ICAS or other recognised qualification) and some demonstrated post qualification experience
- Excellent knowledge of UK GAAP, IFRS, financial reporting requirements and audit approaches
- Direct experience in preparing financial statements in accordance with FRS 102 and IFRS
- Proven diagnostic, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Technically advanced, always striving to make best use of available systems
- Knowledge of Caseware advantageous but not required