Finance Manager

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard‑working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry‑changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you.

• Role title
  :
  Manager
• Department
  :
  Client Accounting
• Location
  :
  Jersey
• Contract type
  :
  Permanent, Full‑time
• Reporting to
  :
  Associate Director

• The candidate will be responsible for the management and undertaking of accounting and reporting services to a range of entities administered by Apex and undertaking a variety of management tasks within the Client Accounting Department.
• Range of entities includes corporate, real estate and fund structures including private equity and open‑ended funds.
• The Client Accounting Department is organised into teams, each with a team leader reporting to the department head. The Client Accounting Department supports the Client Administration teams in all aspects of financial record keeping and reporting.
• Manage activities in department/function and ensure that all work is completed to the high standard expected and in accordance with prescribed policy and procedures, legal/regulatory requirements, service levels and company standards so as to meet with business expectations.
• Supporting the Associate Director with the review and oversight of outsourced accounting services (fund accounting and financial reporting) provided by Global Service Centres of relevant entities administered by Apex, including monitoring of KPI’s.
• Assist in accounting projects and contribute to the onboarding process for new clients where accounting services are required, working collaboratively with the Client Administration teams as part of the process.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Pro‑actively collaborate across different functions within the business, including, but not limited to, compliance, risk, client administration, and client relationship management teams.
• Responsibility for the supervision, mentoring and training of your cross‑jurisdictional team, and ensuring a four‑eye principle is consistently applied and a high quality of client service standards is maintained.
• To coach and develop all team members to achieve individual and business goals and promote a healthy working environment.
• Oversee and drive the ongoing development of your team members through regular one‑to‑one meetings and periodic formal appraisals, acting as a channel of communication for upward and downward feedback.
• To provide training to new joiners and existing staff to include, technical training, practical work based training along with systems training.
• Organisation and holding of team and departmental meetings to promote team communication, and knowledge sharing.
• To keep line manager informed of available capacity or resourcing constraints identified at an individual level or within the department.
• Provision to the business for the communication of key performance statistics and other relevant information.
• Collaborate on client proposal documentation and attendance and involvement at client proposal meetings where accounting services are required.
• Ability to communicate with clients and other intermediaries, providing solutions to accounting and/or technical matters.
• Liaise with Group Internal Auditors and External Auditors.

• Effective management of working capital requirements of the business, including WIP, recoverability, billing,…