Purpose of the role:
To manage, control and direct an efficient and effective client entity bookkeeping and accounting function for the Private Clients Department, ensuring that client entity accounts are produced on a timely and accurate basis (and within any relevant legal or regulatory requirements).
Responsibilities:
- Managing the production of all bookkeeping and client accounting for the Jersey Trust department
- Controlling, monitoring, and reporting on annual accounts preparation to ensure all accounts are dealt with within a timely manner, including outsourced clients
- Controlling, monitoring, and reporting on annual bookkeeping to ensure all is dealt with within a timely manner, including outsourced clients
- Work with Senior Management Team colleagues in the review, checking and collation of data for external reporting, such as CRS/FATCA
- Providing weekly reporting of the Accounts preparation and Bookkeeping status information (Jersey & Outsourced) to the MD, Compliance, and other managers/directors within Jersey Trust
- Setting and agreeing accounts preparation targets for each member of the Client Accounting team
Skills required:
- Must be a qualified professional either by ACCA/ACA/ICAEW and have a minimum of 5 years post qualification trust and company accounts preparation experience
- Have strong technical knowledge of bookkeeping and financial statement preparation for Trusts & Companies
- Hold relevant supervisory skills in dealing with staff
- Have strong communication, demonstrate good leadership and interpersonal skills