Management Accountant

Job description

Management Acountant, Jersey

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If you're looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Lying just fourteen miles off the French coast, Jersey is an enticing mix of British familiarity, continental chic, and Island life which is full of flavour. With its breath-taking natural beauty, unspoilt sandy beaches, and dramatic coastal scenery Jersey is a very special place to live.

Jersey is well connected and offers truly exclusive and relaxing lifestyle. Jersey has established itself as an international finance centre, utilising a highly-skilled workforce. This industry has been attracted to Jersey by its stable government and high and appropriate standards of financial regulation.

With beautiful scenery, outdoor life style, excellent education and healthcare system, low crime and enviable career opportunities, why live anywhere else?

As an HSBC employee Jersey, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Management Accountant.

Finance is responsible for producing all the financial information required by the business in Jersey as well as providing all official bodies and regulators with the required data within the required timescales. The overall objectives of the Finance team are to ensure financial control, deliver to internal/external reporting requirements, lead the planning process, provide value adding analysis/MI, ensure all business decisions are profitable and achieve the AOP. The total business is complex covering personal banking, treasury and fund administration. International legal and regulatory pressures including the impact of EU tax harmonisation, HMRC in the UK and local taxation changes and increasingly stringent International Financial Reporting Standards influence the operating activities in the Offshore Islands.

In this role, you will:

· Review Operations, IT and Global Functions costs, and project cost analysis.
· Look for opportunities to reduce costs, by questioning direct and allocations from other group entities.
· Be responsible for monthly cost and project costing reporting and analysis to Host and Global Functions
· Work with Global Finance Centre (GFC) resources to produce required information
· Ensure correct and timely production of HBEU Hong Kong (Expat) Branch Financial P&L, and Balance sheet information.
· Work efficiently with other members of Finance team, to support and ensure adequate cover for the roles in Jersey.
· Provide effective/timely feedback to management of team.
· Help create a performance driven culture.
· Implement the Group Compliance Policy by containing compliance risk in conjunction with the relevant Compliance department. The term ‘compliance' embraces all relevant laws, rules and codes with which the business has to comply.
· Continually reassess the operational risks inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices, management restructurings, and the impact of new technology.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
·  Preferably Qualified accountant, with experience of financial management and Cost control
·  Strong process management skills
·  Ability to work to tight timescales and multitask
·  Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to adapt to changing situations and to understand issues quickly.
·  The ability to communicate effectively with concise and logical thought flows.
·  Familiarity with financial reporting systems within previous roles, as well as office professional software.
·  Effective negotiator and ability to influence Management internally.
·  Proven team working skills in finance and across the business
·  Knowledge of bank legal entity structure
·  Knowledge of the HSBC reporting systems and process

The base location for this role is Jersey.

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