JOB DESCRIPTION
Client Reporting
Trainee Trust Accountant
Reporting Line Matt Solway
Title Trainee Accountant (Staff)
Place of work Guernsey
Deputy Peer Client Reporting team member
Role overview
As a Trainee Trust Accountant within Client Reporting, you will support the maintenance of
accounting records and the production of high-quality financial information for trust and company
structures. The role includes structured learning and development, including study toward the
ACCA qualification with tuition time in a classroom setting with Sequent’s training provider.
Key responsibilities
Accounting records & reconciliations
• Maintain high-quality, timely accounting records for trust and company structures.
• Reconcile accounting records to portfolio statements from financial institutions.
Financial statements
• Prepare financial statements for trust and company structures in accordance with
appropriate accounting standards or relevant regulatory requirements, with guidance
from Senior Trust Accountants.
Investment monitoring support
• Support quarterly and annual investment monitoring processes.
Stakeholder management
• Coordinate with internal teams and liaise with external client stakeholders (advisers,
bankers, lawyers, consultants) in close coordination with Client Services.
Process improvement & automation
• Participate in Client Reporting and Investment Monitoring improvement projects and
implementation initiatives (automation, system development, standardisation).
• Support the involvement with and management of automated data feeds from third-party
custodians.
Requirements
• Academic results sufficient to enter the ACCA qualification (university graduate or A-level
qualifications with strong results).
• Developed IT skills; strong working knowledge of MS Excel is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and technical skills; detail-oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills; ability to engage across all
levels of seniority and work in a multicultural environment.
• Team player with a can-do attitude; client-, service- and solution-oriented.
• Bookkeeping/accounting experience and/or exposure to private banking or the fiduciary
industry is an advantage
• Fluency in English; other languages are a plus.
Why Sequent
• Kick-start your accounting career in Client Reporting, working with real trust and
company structures from day one.
• Coaching and guidance from experienced colleagues, including support from Senior
Trust Accountants as you gradually build your foundation, confidence and capability.
• The chance to develop future-ready skills by contributing to process improvement,
automation, and system initiatives.
• A collaborative, multicultural environment where you will learn to communicate with
stakeholders at different levels