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Employment Opportunity

 

Entity Review Officer

 

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/s 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 45 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

We are seeking to recruit an Entity Review Officer. The successful candidate will join the Review

Team, focussed on undertaking entity reviews.

The Candidate

The role will suit an ICSA or STEP qualified and experienced practitioner within the fiduciary sector

with a strong compliance background. We are looking for someone with:

• experience of administering a portfolio of clients as well as undertaking entity reviews;

• a sound understanding of applicable trust and company laws, governance and best practice;

• a sound understanding of applicable rules and regulations, in particular the GFSC Handbook;

• an understanding of bookkeeping and accounting principles;

• the ability to identify particular business, legal, financial, taxation and regulatory risks;

• sound analytical skills; and

• effective and concise communication skills.

 

Duties, Responsibilities and Tasks

The role will include periodic annual/biennial reviews including new entities within 6 months of

onboarding and as required on an ad-hoc basis, subject the overriding supervision of the Team Coordinator and Directors:

• utilising the entity review function within Acumen undertake a detailed review of the electronic and paper records maintained by the Company in respect of client entities and assess adherence to Albany’s policies and procedures;

• detail any errors, omissions, breaches of Applicable Law or Albany’s policies and procedures

or any other failing by the Albany Group in the day to day administration of each client entity since the last time that an entity review was carried in respect thereof;

• bring to the Directors’ attentions, as they arise, any material or significant failings;

 

 

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• assist with the rectification of any failings discovered during the course of the review process; and

• undertake such other tasks relating to the entity reviews and the review process as the

Directors may, from time to time, reasonably require. The individual will also undertake and/or assist with such tasks as could be considered to be consistent with an internal audit type function including but not limited to:

 

• Reviewing entity review action point remediation progress;

• Compliance monitoring;

• Regulatory requirements and reporting;

• Ad-hoc projects;

• Adherence to applicable laws, regulations and industry best practice;

• Adherence to policies and procedures;

• Assisting with formulation and development of policies and procedures and associated checklists and forms;

• Source of wealth and funds verification and documenting the same; and

• Such other functions as are agreed.

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 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.