Reports to Senior Financial Reporting Manager / Associate Director

The purpose of this position is to manage the accounting team responsible for a variety of entities listed on the London Stock Exchange and the International Stock Exchange.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing a team to accurately deliver client accounting needs and ensuring accurate data is maintained on internal systems
• Ensuring compliance with all regulations, processes and procedures
• Review all aspects of accounting including bookkeeping, management accounts, interim/annual report and accounts, weekly and monthly net asset values and other financial and regulatory reporting for a range of entities in accordance with IFRS reporting
• Attend client board meetings and present financial information
• Manage and review completion of audit queries and establish good working relationships with audit firms
• Act as a four-eyes signatory on accounting matters, ensuring that company policy and professional and regulatory guidelines are adhered to and that a professional quality service is provided to clients and outside contacts
• Review and authorise bank account payments
• Establish and build good working relationships with clients, colleagues and other business contacts
• Training and development of junior staff
• Participate in and where required lead ad hoc team projects
• Represent the team in group wide working groups and activities

Skills, knowledge, expertise:

• Post qualification experience supported by a relevant professional qualification (preferably ACCA or ACA)
• A proven track record of successfully managing a team to ensure all client deliverables are met
• Computer literacy skills are essential
• Sound technical financial services knowledge (to be supported by the Aztec Academy)
• Experience working in the listed fund industry, preferable but not essential
• Knowledge of company secretarial requirements of Guernsey entities, preferable but not essential
• Previous people management experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required to develop close working relationships with clients, colleagues and business contacts.

Who are we?

Aztec Group has come a long way since first opening its doors in Jersey back in 2001. Our size and reach may have changed, but one thing that hasn’t is our identity – we’re proud to be a business that puts our people and clients at the centre of everything we do.

We understand that everyone will put value on different things and that’s why our employee package includes a variety of benefits. Here are some of the core benefits for all our people: 

• Competitive salary 
• Discretionary bonus scheme plus managers incentive programme
• Flexible, hybrid working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Pension scheme 
• Private medical insurance, including eye care
• Permanent health insurance
• Life assurance (death in service and critical illness benefit)
• Worldwide travel insurance
• Ability to work abroad for up to 3 weeks per annum
• Regular social events
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• On-site parking
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development 

We will provide the training, both in house for relevant technical knowledge and also professional qualifications to enhance your professional development. You will need to be quick to learn new systems and great with people, as close working relationships between our colleagues and clients is at the heart of what we do.