The Role
Provide day-to-day finance administration across allocated trust jurisdictions including bookkeeping, cash management, reconciliations, billing support, debt collection, and preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end internal reports and annual financial statements. Ensure timekeeping, GL coding, bank reconciliations, and filing are accurate and deadlines met while supporting consolidated reporting and maintaining reporting layout and accuracy.
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Who we are
Saffery Trust is a director-led firm of individually expert, collectively exceptional people. We help clients to optimise their personal and business wealth and to create lasting legacies. We have the freedom and agility to act in the moment, and the wisdom and experience to plan for the long-term.
Saffery Trust is a director-led firm of individually expert, collectively exceptional people. We help clients to optimise their personal and business wealth and to create lasting legacies. We have the freedom and agility to act in the moment, and the wisdom and experience to plan for the long-term.
Established in Guernsey in 1977, we are one of the largest independent private client firms in the island. As an accredited STEP Platinum Employer Partner, we offer great benefits, including:
- a competitive salary
- flexible working and dress for your day policies
- full financial support and study leave for professional development
- top-level health insurance for our people
- annual performance-based bonuses
- e-bikes free for staff use and opportunities to take part in green initiatives
- regular sports and social events as well as opportunities to support local charities
The role
We’re looking for an enthusiastic internal finance professional who demonstrates our core values and wants to build a rewarding career working across allocated jurisdictions of the trust group with responsibilities including day-to-day financial administration and monthly and quarterly internal financial reporting.
The responsibilities
You’ll be working in a friendly and progressive environment as a member of the team to undertake a broad range of duties including:
- assisting in the undertaking of the general administrative duties of the finance department, and supporting with bookkeeping, cash management and reconciliations where required.
- assisting with preparation of monthly, quarterly and year end internal reporting and the annual financial statements for the allocated Trust Group jurisdictions, working closely with colleagues including Senior Finance Officers, Assistant Managers and the Finance Manager to meet required deadlines.
- assisting with debt collection, cash flow management and analysis of spending for allocated Trust Group jurisdictions.
- for allocated jurisdictions, ensuring records of all time and fee transactions are kept up to date and assisting colleagues outside the Internal Finance Team with client billing.
- liaising with colleagues in relation to timesheets and disbursements, making sure that these are reconciled monthly, liaising with team members to complete.
- for allocated jurisdictions, ensuring all expense invoices are posted to the correct GL codes, bank accounts are reconciled and signed off each month and filed on the system correctly.
- assisting other members of the Internal Finance Team where required to ensure consolidated reporting deadlines are met.
- ensuring completion of the PlainSail timekeeping system.
- focusing on accuracy and reporting layout, making sure figures and formats are correct and checked each month.
You
- very good technical knowledge and understanding to enable delivery of a range of activities within finance
- may have attained or be working towards a relevant qualification, FIA/CAT/ACCA, along with meeting your CPD requirements
- effective communication skills and the ability to converse with a range of people along with the ability to produce documentation of a slight to moderately complex nature with high accuracy and attention to detail
- ability to identify and resolve slight to moderately complex issues, with support and direction
- pro-active and self-sufficient to meet deadlines and objectives, with support and direction, as required
- ability to work to specified standards and service levels along with demonstrating a wider thought process around tasks, such as potential impact of actions and associated risk
- lead by example by evidencing a positive and committed approach
About
We are a director-led firm of individually expert, collectively exceptional people with a number of international offices. We continually seek to evolve and enhance our service offering, positioning ourselves as one of the leading trust companies. Excellence is at the core of everything that we do. We recognise that our people are our most valuable assets, and we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where everyone is seen, heard, and respected. We are committed to the personal and professional development of our people, and we support and promote good mental, physical, social, and financial well-being, with year-round initiatives and opportunities.Equality, Diversity & InclusionWe appreciate and respect diversity and actively seek opportunities to draw from a broad range of views and experience. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are part of our culture and represent an ongoing commitment to ensuring we deliver excellence for our people and that everyone belongs. We are united by our core values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm, and collegiality, and our people are never just a number, we are a team - Saffery Trust is where Potential meets Personal.Ready to find out how far you could go with Saffery Trust? For more information, get in touch with our friendly People & Culture team at [email protected].
Skills Required
- Strong technical knowledge and understanding of finance activities
- Experience with bookkeeping, cash management and reconciliations
- Attained or working towards a relevant qualification (FIA/CAT/ACCA) and meeting CPD requirements
- Effective communication and ability to produce slightly to moderately complex documentation with high accuracy
- Ability to identify and resolve slight to moderately complex issues with support and direction
- Pro-active, self-sufficient and able to meet deadlines and objectives with support
- Ability to work to specified standards and service levels and consider impact and risk
- Lead by example with a positive and committed approach
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The Company
What We Do
A partner-led and people-focused top 20 accountancy firm. We are Saffery. Proud of our history, focused on your future. Overview At Saffery, we’re more than just chartered accountants and tax and business advisers. We’re a partner-led and people-focused firm, committed to our clients and honouring our heritage – it’s the core of who we are. Since 1855, we’ve built long-term relationships with our diverse, high-profile clients, across varied and specialised sectors. From interpreting tax complexities and identifying key financial structures to building tailored strategies for your goals, our teams are here for you. We specialise in the following sectors: • Corporate finance • Entrepreneurs • International
