Job description:

To provide an accounting and tax service offering to our Clients as well as to the allocated Client Relationship Managers (CRM) building strong service relationships to enhance, retain and grow business.

The Accountant will perform various accounting, servicing, coordinating, support and relationship management activities to assist with the day-to-day duties of accounting services for a portfolio of Clients. The strategy is to grow this service offering and team over time.

The Accountant forms an integral part of the Clients service centre, bringing together the skills, systems, processes and procedures relating to Client accounting.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Take full personal ownership, responsibility and accountability of all transactions, interaction and enquiries for the allocated Client portfolio. This will include, but not be limited to:

• Providing day-to-day accounting and other services to allocated clients;
• Preparing trial balances, management accounts;
• Type out and format the client’s annual financial statements;
• Carrying out, on a timely basis, all administrative tasks assigned;
• Assist the accountants with any requests that come from the client;
• Applying standard procedures to facilitate the rendering of quality services to clients in a consistent, effective and efficient manner and exercising quality control to ensure that all accounting reports conform to set standards;
• Assisting to ensure that clients’ files (be it electronic or paper based) are organised, completed and up to date;
• Recording all time spent accurately to facilitate invoicing and internal reporting;
• Follow processes and procedures, working to set quality standards and keeping to agreed turn-around times;
• Ensure that client queries and/or complaints are dealt with efficiently and timeously, and escalated immediately where needed;
• Ensure the highest level of service, quality of work and support to our Clients, the CRM other areas internally as well as other teams within Stonehage Fleming;
• Liaise with internal departments to promote clear channels of communication and working relationships;
• Provide ad hoc assistance with projects and analyses
• Demonstrate the company’s values on a daily basis.

RISK MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining controls relevant to the position.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Has a BCom (Accounting) or equivalent degree / diploma;
• Has 3 to 5 years practical experience in auditing or accounting, ideally in the professional services or financial services industry;
• Has proven experience in preparing financial summary and financial statements for authorised and foreign companies.

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Excellent attention to detail, delivering work of a high standard
• Proactive, solution focused with proven analytical and problem‐solving abilities
• Team oriented with flexible approach
• Ability to use initiative and work independently
• Integrity, accountability and professionalism
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Able to structure work logically and efficiently and executes accordingly in a high-pressure environment

Job Description:

To provide an accounting and tax service offering to our Clients as well as to the allocated Client
Relationship Managers (CRM) building strong service relationships to enhance, retain and grow
business.

The Senior Accountant will perform various accounting, servicing, coordinating, support and
relationship management activities to assist with the day-to-day duties of accounting services for a
portfolio of Clients. The strategy is to grow this service offering and team over time.
The Senior Accountant forms an integral part of the Clients service centre, bringing together the skills, systems, processes and procedures relating to Client accounting.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Take full personal ownership, responsibility and accountability of all transactions, interaction and
enquiries for the allocated Client portfolio. This will include, but not be limited to:

•  Providing day-to-day accounting and other services to allocated clients;
• Preparing trial balances, management accounts;
• Type out and format the client’s annual financial statements;
• Carrying out, on a timely basis, all administrative tasks assigned;
•  Assist the accountants with any requests that come from the client;
• Applying standard procedures to facilitate the rendering of quality services to clients in a
  consistent, effective and efficient manner and exercising quality control to ensure that all
  accounting reports conform to set standards;
•  Assisting to ensure that clients’ files (be it electronic or paper based) are organised, completed
  and up to date;
•  Recording all time spent accurately to facilitate invoicing and internal reporting;
• Follow processes and procedures, working to set quality standards and keeping to agreed turnaround times;
•  Ensure that client queries and/or complaints are dealt with efficiently and timeously, and
  escalated immediately where needed;
• Ensure the highest level of service, quality of work and support to our Clients, the CRM other
  areas internally as well as other teams within Stonehage Fleming;
• Liaise with internal departments to promote clear channels of communication and working
  relationships;
• Provide ad hoc assistance with projects and analyses
• Demonstrate the company’s values on a daily basis.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Responsible for implementing and maintaining controls relevant to the position.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Has a BCom (Accounting) or equivalent degree / diploma or partly or Fully ACCA qualified
• Has 4-5 experience in accounting and Tax in global business including GBL, Authorised companies and similar

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Excellent attention to detail, delivering work of a high standard
• Proactive, solution focused with proven analytical and problem‐solving abilities
• Team oriented with flexible approach
• Ability to use initiative and work independently
• Integrity, accountability and professionalism
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Able to structure work logically and efficiently and executes accordingly in a high-pressure
  environmen

Key Responsibilities :

Planning:  Work closely with the leadership team to formulate the bank’s medium to a long-term financial and strategic plan in line with the Group processes. Evaluate previous budgets and expenditures to develop and implement future budgets. Work with each market segment heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts. Produce models to project long-term growth and determine the impacting factors.  Reporting:  Analyze financial and operational results to better understand the bank’s performance and the performance of each market segment, products and clients: Get relevant data from appropriate data sources. Create models to bring data together from multiple sources or tables. Use BI tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance. Provide insights around financial modelling, forecasts and profitability. Prepare reportings on the bank’s performance on a monthly basis for the Senior Management team and quarterly basis for the Audit Committee Communicate; analyzing and commenting on any budgetary differences providing insights to senior management the reasons behind the bank’s performance and results. Provide detailed analysis and commentary on cost centres’ results. Make recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to more revenue generation and streamlining of operations through clear and effective visuals. Deliver market trends of the banking sector to the Senior Management team and each market segment heads. Respect all deadlines for reports required by the Group. Abide to all policies and procedures and BOM guidelines with regards to all reports produced.   Management:  Lead a Financial and Business Analyst. Actively and effectively train and coach the Financial and Business Analyst. Collaborate with the HR department for activities such as recruitment, talent development and retention and performance management of the Financial and Business Analyst.

Qualifications/ Experiences :

Holder of a Bachelor degree in the Accounting, Finance or relevant field ACCA or CIMA will be a definite advantage At least 3 years of experience in a similar or related position. Significant analytical skillset, including the utilisation of BI and reporting tools Strong quantitative abilities  Able to solve complex problems Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships Strong influencing and interpersonal skills High level of commercial acumen Advanced computer software skills, including writing macros in Excel and other accounting packages

In line with Hawksford’s exciting rate of growth and expansion into new global markets, there’s an increasing emphasis on ensuring a culture of bespoke, engaging GRC training within a robust control environment. The GRC Training Coordinator will play a crucial role in organising and refining GRC training courses and programmes, ensuring efficiency, engagement, and compliance across the organisation.

Principal Accountabilities: –

• Upload and/or assign trainings (refresher, ongoing, new) to relevant staff based on training needs analysis
• Oversee timely completion of all requisite GRC courses and programmes; proactively engaging with staff, as necessary.
• Systematically record all GRC training activities across locations, both digital and offline, ensuring preparedness for audits or regulatory inspections.
• Track employee records of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and dispatch reminders to ensure employees meet targets set by regulators and professional bodies.
• Collaborate closely with the GRC team to craft a comprehensive annual training calendar for mandatory GRC training, balancing optimal learner experience, ensuring employees are not overloaded, with compliance to regulatory standards.
• Engage with internal GRC experts to develop dynamic fresh content to account for shifts in regulations, policies, or procedures (among others), as well as enhancing existing content and delivery techniques; ultimately deciding on the best approach to imparting knowledge. The aim is to ensure content relevance, boost learner engagement, and achieve effective training outcomes through an innovative approach.
• Ensuring that updated training materials and contents are available on the system .

The type of person we are looking for:

• Eager to develop a career in risk and compliance learning development, offering administrative support alongside creative and strategic contributions.
• Strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, effective communication capabilities, innovative and creative thinking, and a collaborative approach.
• Prior experience or familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and eLearning authoring tools such as Articulate 360 would be advantageous, but not essential.

Role and responsibilities of the job position:

•Arranging for formation of global business companies, trusts, foundations, partnerships, funds and administration of such entities.
•Administration of a portfolio of client entities daily with direct contact with clients and reporting back to the Senior Trust and Corporate Administrator.
•Ensuring compliance with legislation, legal documentation, trust deed, company constitution, policy and procedures.
•Arranging for and attend annual meetings of trustee and board of client companies.
Criteria & Experience required:
•STEP qualified, Degree in Finance and Law, Degree in Management.
•Minimum 3 years in the global business sector
•Excellent command of written and spoken English
•Ability to be multitask, prioritise and manage time effectively.
•Knowledge of NavOne would be an asset.
•Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
•Demonstrate good time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
•Good written and verbal communication skills.
•Good numerical and analytical skills.

Role and responsibilities of the job position:

•Arranging for formation of global business companies, trusts, foundations, partnerships, funds and   administration of such entities.
•Administration of a portfolio of client entities daily with direct contact with clients and reporting   back to the Senior Trust and Corporate Administrator.
•Ensuring compliance with legislation, legal documentation, trust deed, company constitution, policy and procedures.
•Arranging for and attend annual meetings of trustee and board of client companies.
Criteria & Experience required:
•STEP qualified, Degree in Finance and Law, Degree in Management.
•Minimum 2 years in the global business sector
•Excellent command of written and spoken English
•Ability to be multitask, prioritise and manage time effectively.
•Knowledge of NavOne would be an asset.
•Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
•Demonstrate good time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
•Good written and verbal communication skills.
•Good numerical and analytical skills.

Tasks:

• Manage a portfolio of client companies, ensure its day to day administration works and that they are compliant with the laws and all internal requirement;
• Company formation/Fund set up;
• Arranging for board meetings and preparing minutes;
• Liaising with Authorities namely ROC/FSC/MRA etc;
• Perform due diligence for client companies and regular file reviews;
• Attend all emails, client instructions, audit queries including internal company requirements/ adh-hoc work;
• Coach and review the work of junior staff members.

Profile:

• University degree (Management/Finance/Law) and/or studying for a professional qualification);
• Minimum 3 years working experience in the global business sector. Previous experience in management companies would be an advantage;
• Good communication skills;
• Well versed in written English;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook);
• Flexible & able to work under pressure;
• Ability to delegate with good leadership and monitoring skills;
• Team oriented with a good time management and interpersonal skills

Tasks:

• Update and maintain registry software on an ongoing basis with current shareholder base of client companies.
• Manage the shareholders’ portfolio of public and/or listed entities.
• Supervise and render an effective filing and record management service.
• Process share transfer forms and record share transactions in share register.
• Issue share certificate and arrange dispatch to shareholders.
• Provide support to clients during shareholder meetings.
• Assisting shareholders’ queries.
• Liaison with CDS, Stock Exchange Market, banks and stockbrokers.
• Prepare shareholder listings for dividend payment as per cut-off date and process dividend payment.
• Lead corporate actions including but not limited to shareholder meetings and dividend payments.
• Supervise and sort, register and dispatch correspondences to shareholders (email / post).

Profile:

• Diploma or degree in business management related field preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and French
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with data management
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Diligence, attention to detail and a proactive mindset to identify opportunities for improvement
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Willingness to learn

Tasks:

• Market research to identify new opportunities and new markets
• Working with team members to implement marketing strategies
• Analyze and gather market intelligence on our markets to identify targets and potential leads
• Preparation of proposals and quotes
• Provide support to the team with the preparation of statistics reports
• Client identification
• Ensure on-time and accurate submission of required reports to the team and the management
• Arrange for meetings with prospective clients
• Assist in the drafting of technical newsletters
• Be involved in new projects
• May assist with the setting up of companies
• Other duties as assigned.

Profile:

• Degree Holder
• Proficient in Microsoft Office i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
• Strong listening, verbal, and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented
• Ability to work in teams

Tasks:

• Assist in performing the day-to-day professional company secretarial services (Incorporations, Convening Board Meetings, AGMs, Drafting of Minutes and Resolutions, Drafting of simple agreements etc.);
• Liaise with local authorities (ROC, FSC, MRA etc.) regarding ongoing operational and administrative matters;
• Ensuring the Companies within the portfolio are compliant with regard to relevant laws and regulations;
• Assist with regard to review of agreements as well as statutory audited financial statements;
• Perform Bank account openings and Bank transfers;
• Develop and maintain relationships with among others, banks, auditors ;
• Preparing year-end file and liaising with auditors;
• Liaise with Compliance;
• Carrying out research work where required.

Profile:

• University degree in Management or Law
• Studying for a professional qualification will be an advantage;
• Fluent in English and French;
• Good communication skills;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Be flexible, able to work under pressure;
• Organised, autonomous, accurate, proactive with an analytical mind;
• Team player with a good time management and interpersonal skills.