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Financial Controller

Financial & Business Services

Alderney

Permanent ⁄ £50000 - £55000

Updated October 1, 2008

As Financial Controller, based in Alderney, you will manage a team of approximately nine people and will be overseeing a range of financial, management and client accounting matters.
Responsibilities
• to support, lead, manage, educate, train and develop the Commercial Accounting Team in order to improve their individual efficiency and effectiveness
• to prepare and review statutory financial accounts and statements - for both single companies and consolidated groups of companies in conformance to all legal and professional requirements and guidelines

• to manage the process for the audit of statutory annual accounts for specified client structures - liaising with auditors as required in order to ensure that :-

• all IFRS (or UK GAAP) requirements are fully satisfied
• all other auditing requirements are met
• the audit exercise is successfully completed within the period allowed by regulation

• to prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts (both at company level and for consolidated groups of companies) within strict deadlines while maintaining high standards of both accuracy and presentation

• to complete tax returns for companies, protected cells and other structures for the UK and other jurisdictions

• to prepare ad hoc financial reports and statements

• to regularly liaise with clients and/or client representatives to ensure that all financial accounts and statements are fully comprehensive, wholly accurate, and are provided in complete accordance with all stated client requirements

• to regularly liaise with banks, brokers and other financial institutions

• to liaise with other external individuals and organisations as and when required

• as required, to provide advice to the Boards Of Directors of client companies with regard to the financial impact of business decisions - to identify the risks inherent in each of the options to be considered by the Boards - and to recommend action plans to mitigate those identified risks

• as required, to develop and deliver value-adding management information - alongside insightful commentaries - and financial performance review documents - that can be used to assist key decision makers and decision-making processes within client companies

• as required, to create and apply innovative and appropriate solutions to the accounting requirements f

Who we're looking for
A qualified accountant with an EU passport who has financial & management accounting skills and a proven track record of staff and client management.
Applications are invited from anyone with suitable skills who has a genuine interest in relocating to Alderney.
Alderney is the northernmost of the Channel Islands - it is very small - far smaller (and far less developed) than either Guernsey and Jersey - it is just 1.5 (one and an half) miles wide by 3.5 (three and an half) miles long - there are only about 2000 permanent residents.
It has a (large-ish) number of pubs, hotels and restaurants but other amenities are more sparse - there is a golf course and some tennis courts - there is no bowling alley, swimming pool or shopping centre - there is a medical centre (2 x doctors) and a dental centre (1 x dentist) - there is even a small hospital.
Unless you own a boat - or know somebody who owns a boat - the only way on or off the island is via a small aircraft (16 seater Trislander). There is very little crime - and even less serious crime - there are no traffic jams, no traffic lights and no roundabouts. There are numerous wonderful, clean and (almost) deserted beaches - a gazillion beautiful country walks - and far more stars in the sky than you will ever see from most places in the UK!!
The tax rates are low (20%) with generous allowances and there are none of the housing issues found in Jersey or Guernsey.

About our client
A successful and rapidly expanding financial and business services company.

What's on offer
Base salary upto £55,000 plus package and relocation support

Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on 020 7831 2000. Job Ref: 13005442
Your application will be sent to David Angel.