Director, Global Accounting

Are you an experienced accounting professional who enjoys leading high performing teams, building strong client relationships and delivering excellent financial reporting outcomes?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Director to join our Global Accounting team. Working as part of a collaborative and multi jurisdictional team, you'll play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high quality accounting services to a diverse portfolio of clients. Alongside overseeing complex accounting and financial reporting matters, you'll support the growth and development of colleagues through coaching and leadership, whilst contributing to business development initiatives and strengthening client relationships.

If you would like to join an ambitious and forward thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you.

Applications Closing Date: 18 September

About the role

In this role, you will:

• Lead, manage and develop team members, ensuring work is planned, prioritised and delivered to agreed deadlines and service standards
• Review and oversee the preparation of accurate financial statements, management accounts and other client reporting, including complex accounting matters
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, auditors and third party service providers, including supporting the onboarding of new clients
• Collaborate with colleagues across jurisdictions to provide accounting guidance, resolve queries and deliver a consistent client experience
• Monitor accounting records and reporting deadlines, ensuring records are maintained accurately and regulatory obligations are met
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, identifying efficiencies and promoting effective use of technology and accounting systems
• Deliver internal training and coaching to support the development of colleagues and build technical capability across the business
• Identify and support business development opportunities with existing and prospective clients
• Present financial information clearly and effectively to client boards, investors and other stakeholders
• Assess and manage risks to both clients and the firm, ensuring compliance with relevant policies, procedures and regulatory requirements

About you – essential requirements

This role requires:

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or qualified by relevant experience, with in depth technical knowledge and practical application of UK GAAP and IFRS
• Proven experience leading and developing teams, including coaching, delegation and performance management
• Demonstrable experience managing complex accounting engagements and maintaining strong client relationships
• Analytical and problem solving skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to make sound commercial decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting matters clearly to technical and non technical audiences
• Organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines

Head of Private Clients - Guernsey

Job Summary:

As Head of Private Client, Guernsey, you will lead CSC’s Guernsey Private Clients business, providing fiduciary services across trust, company, and related structures in a regulated environment. Acting as a director on client entities, you will make informed, independent decisions that protect client interests, meet regulatory obligations, and uphold CSC standards. You will drive commercial performance, strengthen client relationships, and identify growth opportunities across Guernsey and the wider CSC. 

This is a permanent leadership role with responsibility for people, governance, and market presence in the Guernsey private client sector.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead the Guernsey Private Clients business, ensuring local priorities align with CSC strategy, values, and business goals
• Lead, coach, and develop leaders and teams, including succession planning, recruitment, and capability building
• Deliver financial performance against agreed targets (revenue growth, profitability, pipeline, and operational metrics)
• Build and expand a high-quality private client portfolio, including originating new business and partnering across CSC to generate referrals
• Act as director on complex client structures, making well-documented decisions supported by appropriate legal, tax, and regulatory advice
• Maintain high standards of fiduciary governance, ensuring consistent, professional client service and effective oversight of risk and controls
• Lead the resolution of contentious client matters, including relationship recovery, complaint handling, and fee dispute management
• Stay current on Guernsey and international industry developments (e.g., fiduciary regulation, AML/CFT expectations, sanctions, tax transparency) and mitigate potential impacts on clients and the business
• Oversee higher-risk client relationships and transactions, partnering with Compliance and Risk to complete assessments and agree mitigations where required
• Represent CSC Guernsey externally as an ambassador, strengthening market visibility, professional networks, and reputation in the local business community

Required Qualifications:

• Significant leadership experience within regulated fiduciary services, private client, trust and company administration, or a related professional services environment
• Demonstrated senior people leadership capability, including performance management, coaching, and building high-performing teams
• Strong technical expertise in private client structures (trusts, companies, foundations or equivalent vehicles) and associated governance and regulatory requirements in Guernsey
• Proven commercial acumen, including budget ownership, target delivery, and new business development in the private client market
• Professional qualification (e.g., STEP, CGI/ICSA, ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective internal and external networks
• Strong working knowledge of systems and data needed to manage client portfolios, operational controls, and reporting
• Commitment to continuous professional development and maintaining up-to-date technical and regulatory knowledge
• Experience acting as director on complex, multi-jurisdictional private client structures and managing sensitive family dynamics
• Familiarity with Guernsey regulatory expectations and market practice for fiduciary license holders and corporate service providers
• Prior accountability for a business unit or service line (strategy execution, P&L contribution, capacity planning, and risk outcomes)
• Experience leading remediation, client re-papering, or service model transformation initiatives
• Established professional network in Guernsey (e.g., intermediaries, legal, tax, and banking partners)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior accountability for a business unit or service line (strategy execution, P&L contribution, capacity planning, and risk outcomes)
• Experience leading remediation, client re-papering, or service model transformation initiatives
• Established professional network in Guernsey (e.g., intermediaries, legal, tax, and banking partners)

Counsel, International Trusts and Private Clients - Guernsey

We're looking for a senior lawyer with extensive experience in non-contentious trust matters to join our ambitious International Trusts and Private Client (ITPC) practice in Guernsey.

Our unique ITPC practice operates as a cohesive team across multiple offices, combining exceptional non-contentious and advisory skills with specialist expertise, including Private Wealth advisory, structuring and dispute resolution.  As a senior lawyer in the team, you'll be focused on providing expert legal advice to clients on Guernsey matters, guiding and supporting the development of ITPC colleagues, and enhancing our business building activities.

You will be responsible for advising high net worth families, trust companies and family offices on the establishment, management and restructuring of offshore asset holding structures, as well as wider estate and succession planning.  The position involves working across multiple jurisdictions to support private wealth objectives, provide guidance on trusts, foundations and related structures, and ensure effective governance for families and trustees over successive generations.

In addition, you'll work closely with our colleagues in dispute resolution on trust matters, and with our corporate team, on private funds and corporate structures for private clients.

You can expect high levels of responsibility and access to high value and complex work, in a friendly and supportive team, an attractive remuneration package, progression opportunities and benefits which can be adapted to suit your lifestyle. 

About the role

• • Obtain clear instructions from clients, analyse points of law, provide expert legal advice and prepare relevant documentation or advice, where appropriate, for Partner review
  • Review and provide comments on documentation provided by third parties using thorough working knowledge of relevant legal principles, laws and regulations
  • Effectively manage own matters and provide assistance to Associates and other junior fee earners involved in such matters, regularly reviewing their progress and addressing issues.
  • Develop the team by building strong relationships, engaging in high quality supervision and embedding a positive team ethos by leading by example.
  • Share expertise to develop the competence of individuals within the team and to build the overall technical and professional capability of the firm globally
  • Proactively promote and build the practice by utilising existing network connections, taking a lead role in presenting proposals to clients and/or intermediaries, looking for creative opportunities to build business, and engaging in internal and external networking opportunities.
  • Assist the relevant Partner with the management of department Associates, Paralegals and secretarial staff, including the effective delegation of work and resources.
  • Demonstrate effective leadership skills, working with the practice leader to communicate a clear vision and manage change initiatives, where appropriate.
  • Ensure administrative tasks are completed on each matter in accordance with required internal procedures (e.g. conflict searching, issue of terms and conditions and engagement letters, due diligence, matter opening, time recording, billing etc.).

About you

• • Hold a Solicitor or Barrister qualification, preferably gained within a common law jurisdiction
  • Ideally a minimum of eight years' post qualification experience within a relevant practice including some offshore experience
  • STEP qualified
  • Effective organisation, business building, communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, often within tight deadlines
  • Excellent grasp of the importance of commercially focussed matter management and financial performance
  • A proactive approach to the working environment and the willingness to develop existing skills and update legal knowledge by way of additional training
  • Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with the direct and wider teams