Job title: Relationship Manager – Trust
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Financial Services
Functional Expertise: Trust & Corporate
Skills: Guernsey Trust Relationship Manager Portfolio CDD Cleint portfolio Risk review Filing deadline
Salary type: Annual
Location: Guernsey
Job published: 20/10/2025
Job ID: 65870
Contact name: Damian Gregory
Phone number: +441481714634
Contact email: damian@firstcall.co.gg

Job Description

 

 

 

Role:          Relationship Manager Trust

Reports to:       Managing Director

Direct reports:    None

Signatory Level:   B

Job Level:   4

 

Job Purpose:

Manage a portfolio of clients. Complete all assigned tasks and processes, operating within established controls, guidelines and procedures.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Attend meetings with clients and their advisors including bankers, lawyers, accountants, agents or consultants and liaise on client matters.
  • Ensure clientsneeds are met and their portfolios are managed effectively.
  • Undertake client visits as determined by the service level agreements and risk review profiles.
  • Deliver client acquisition through on-boarding, risk rating, CDD collection and sign off.
  • Actively support business development efforts through sales targets and delivery of material and new business leads.
  • Review clients on a regular basis in line with the business risk profile process.
  • Maximise client profitability and manage team in a way that encourages client retention and growth.
  • Ensure policies and procedures are complied with and legal and regulatory obligations are met.
  • Provide technical guidance and support to the administration team.
  • Meet deadlines appropriate for assigned portfolio, ensuring adherence with regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure client database is always current by ensuring it is updated as and when events occur.
  • Other ad-hoc tasks as and when required.
  • Ensure that timesheets are completed in a timely manner, with quality information provided, on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

 

 

 

 

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

  • Time recorded electronically on a daily basis.
  • Utilization rate of 75%.
  • Meeting of filing deadlines.
  • Ensuring annual review and accounting deadlines are met.
  • Achievement of annual CPD target of 35 hours.
  • Client satisfaction.

 

Skills and Experience:

  • Significant experience of the trust industry.
  • A relevant professional qualification.
  • Adaptable Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible, versatile in a changing work environment while maintaining effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Ethical Understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards.
  • Build relationships Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve business objectives.
  • Communication Speak, listen and correspond in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
  • Client focused Anticipate, understand and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to make or exceed their expectations.
  • Leadership Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the Company.

 

Behaviours and Competencies

 

Operational Excellence:

  • Demonstrates the ability to make decisions based on insight and knowledge .
  • Accountable for ensuring high standards of delivery to clients.
  • Actively engages with customer to understand needs and will place a high priority on client service and satisfaction.
  • Prioritises client issues and addresses them accordingly.
  • Will keep up to date with business trends/ changes in law that will impact their role.

 

Client Excellence:

  • Proactive in identifying opportunities and seeking solutions.
  • Manages expectations so clients always feel valued.
  • Takes responsibility for delivering superior products and services.
  • Implements improvements to client service.

Leadership and Resource Management:

  • Plans, coordinates and manages internal and external resources to deliver results .in a timely, accurate and professional manner.
  • Will share knowledge to ensure team targets are met.
  • Informally manages expectations of more senior colleagues regularly.
  • Adaptable Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible, versatile in a changing work environment while maintaining effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Ethical Understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards.
  • Build relationships Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve business objectives.
  • Communication Speak, listen and correspond in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
  • Creativity/Innovation Develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the Company and to create new opportunities.
  • Client focused Anticipate, understand and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to make or exceed their expectations.
  • Leadership Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the Company.
  • Planning Determine strategies to move the Company forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans and evaluate the results.

 

 Commercial Awareness:

  • Understands relevant local regulatory requirements

 

Interpersonal Skills:

  • Manages internal and external stakeholders' expectations with regards to delivery, escalating concerns as appropriate.
  • Is able to deal with conflict in a controlled manner and can clearly communicate effective solutions.
  • Builds credibility across all stakeholder groups and is able to engage with individuals across all areas of an organization on areas of specialism.

 

Compliance:

  • Act in a professional manner and produce accurate and timely work
  • Acts with the highest level of integrity at all times and in the best interests of Aspida.
  • Will be clear, open and transparent in communications with colleagues and customers.
  • Promptly report any issues (or possible issues) you identify to your manager (or an appropriate member of the senior management team) for consideration and resolution.
  • Never make any statement that is misleading, false or deceptive.

 

I understand, acknowledge and accepted the details contained within.

 

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