Senior Finance Administrator / Finance Officer
Department: Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Guernsey
Reporting To: Finance Assistant Manager
Description
Who we areSaffery 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
