The role of a Senior Private Client Accounting Officer is to support the Fiduciary team by providing day to day accounting services, to include the following:
•Book-keeping and accounts preparation for a mixed portfolio of clients from various jurisdictions.
•Provide cover and support for other accountants.
Key Responsibilities:
•Ensure HFL processes and controls are followed.
•Manage workloads to ensure that the Company’s required minimum chargeability is maintained.
• Book-keeping as required for accounts preparation.
• Calculate accruals and prepayments.
• Reconciliation of investment portfolios, dividends and withholding tax.
• Raise any issues with administrators discovered on accounts preparation (missing minutes etc.) and monitor to ensure that these are resolved.
• Prepare financial statements for entities in accordance with the relevant terms of the Trust Deed, Memorandum & Articles of Association and other terms of engagement.
• Review financial statements prepared by other accountants to ensure quality output to a consistent standard.
• Provide accounting and book-keeping support and assistance to the administrative team, including assistance with any ad-hoc client queries, setting up new securities and ledgers in the database.
• Assist with planning of workloads in order to comply with any external reporting requirements.
• Preparation of any other ad-hoc reporting as may be required from time to time for client meetings or board meetings.
• Liaise with and provide information to tax advisors for the preparation of annual tax reporting.
• Input of daily exchange rates.
• Assist with financial data input of take on of new entities.
• Prepare quarterly reconciliation of share certificates for the Fund team.
• Prepare monthly / quarterly management accounts for client as and when required.
• Accurately complete time sheets on a daily basis to ensure clients are billed for time expended.
• Provide accurate, well presented accounts within the agreed deadlines in accordance with the policies and procedures of HLF Limited.
Personal attributes:
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently and accurately under pressure.
• Excellent communication, team-work and interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders.
• Strong computer literacy and problem-solving skills are essential.
Qualifications and expertise:
• A minimum of 4 years’ industry experience.
• Part qualified or qualified accountant.
• Strong systems knowledge and experience.
• A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.