Employment Opportunity
Client Services Accountant
The Company
Albany Trustee has been operating in Guernsey and internationally for over five decades and enjoys
an international reputation as a leading independent and owner managed provider of high-quality
fiduciary and corporate services to predominantly HNW/UHNW multi-jurisdictional private clients.
Albany has approximately 75 client/family groups, over 250 entities and more than £2 billion assets across a wide range of asset classes under administration. We are a team of approximately 48 people with a collegiate atmosphere, dynamic executive
management team overseen by an experienced Board, including a former global Chairman of STEP. We have a strong commitment to independence, client service and building long lasting relationships
with clients, colleagues, and advisers alike.
The Opportunity
Owing to significant organic growth we are seeking to recruit additional resource in our accounting
function.
Duties, Responsibilities and Tasks
The postholder will assist the Head of Finance and Accounting with day to day accounting tasks and
administration for our varied portfolio of HNW/UHNW client.
Duties will include:
• Ensuring loan schedules are maintained for all loans of entities under administration (in
lender’s records where both the lending and borrowing entities are under Albany’s administration).
• Preparing client entity financial statements produced in-house, updating appropriate system with the accounts status tasks as required. Ongoing monitoring of accounts status tasks with
a view to ensuring client expectations and statutory deadlines are met.
• Responsibility for checking ledgers and giving approval before they go to external accountants for accounts preparation.
• Ensuring externally prepared returns and records are accurate (as far as is commercially reasonable to ascertain) and received in a timely manner to comply with relevant jurisdictional deadlines, such as;
o VAT returns
o Tax, substance or financial returns of a statutory nature o ledgers, loan schedules &/or other financial records pertaining to entities under our
administration, supervision, responsibility or oversight.
• Reviewing externally prepared financial statements for approval prior to Director review.
• Preparing (or reviewing) internally prepared financial statements and other information to support timely completion of regulatory, tax and other returns for entities under Albany’s administration, supervision, responsibility or oversight.
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• Assisting with the development of Albany’s accounting and bookkeeping systems (currently Acumen) and processes.
• Contributing to the efficient and effective management of the Accounting function, including
workflows, guidance & mentoring (appraisals, objectives, training requirements etc.) of the Bookkeeping team with particular focus on quality, accuracy, and timeliness as well as focus on being proactive and technically informed.
The Candidate
The role will suit a professionally qualified individual (preferably ACCA) with client accounting
experience preferably within the fiduciary sector. We are looking for a team player with:
• experience of preparing financial statements
• an analytical and methodological approach
• good communication skills
• advanced Excel skills
• proven ability to work in a proactive and intelligent manner; and
• experience of Acumen (preferred but not essential).
Application Process
Please apply by email including full c.v. to Helena Leslie, Human Resources Manager h.leslie@albanytrustee.com
All applications will be treated in the confidence. Diversity and Inclusion Statement
We welcome enquiries from disabled people and value diversity in our workplace.
We will make reasonable adjustments to our application process for candidates who indicate that, owing to a
disability, our arrangements might leave them disadvantaged. If you have a disability which you believe may affect
your performance, we will be happy to make reasonable adjustments for you.