eFinancialCareers

• Company

  ASA Recruitment

• Location

  UK-Channel Islands

• Compensation

  competitive salary and negotiable based upon experience

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  10 Nov 2009

• eFC Ref no

  574301

Senior Accounting Services Officer, Fiduciary Services

Jersey, Channel Islands

• A southerly location and temperate climate offering more warmth and sunshine
• A rural environment consisting of fields, woodland, cliffs, headland, small country lanes and miles of golden beach.
• Personal tax rates (max 20%), generous allowances and no capital gains tax or wealth tax
• High standards of state health provision with a reciprocal agreement with the UK
• High standards of state-provided education on a UK model

Award winning and one of the leading legal and fiduciary services firms is currently seeking a Senior Accounting Services Officer within Fiduciary Services. This role will provide assistance with regards to accounting services required by the Fiduciary Services clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Accounts preparation
  • Preparing accounts under UK GAAP/IFRS/US GAAP as relevant for more complex clients administered by the Fiduciary Services
  • Preparing monthly, quarterly, semi annual and ad-hoc management accounts for specific clients
  • Liaising with auditors and 3rd parties as necessary to facilitate accounts preparation/sign off
  • Reviewing of annual and management accounts as prepared by more junior accounting staff
  • Liaising with fee earners as necessary in order to establish the status of accounts prepared externally.
  • Monitoring of ongoing costs in relation to agreed budgets.

• Maintaining of the accounts planning system, Retain, to ensure adequate resources, to establish priority and monitor WIP against agreed client/statutory/best practice deadlines as relevant
• Maintaining of exception reports to help monitor/report the status of accounts prepared both in-house and externally
• Supervision of the book keeping function associated with the administration team being serviced
• Undertaking ad-hoc jobs as and when directed by the Accounting Services Associate Director
• Training and assisting new members of staff on the various in-house accounting computer systems, databases, monitoring spread sheets and internal operating procedures
• On the job training of more junior staff as and when required
• Compliance with the Firm’s internal policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time
• In cases where book keeping and/or accounts preparation is being addressed from another jurisdiction, the associated logistics and reporting lines are to be agreed with the Accounting Services Associate Director before any work is to commence

Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant (CA, CGA, CMA, CIMA, CPA or ACCA)
• EU Passport holder

If you are interested in further details or would like to apply please contact ASA.