Senior Accounts Officer - Finance

JTC Group; Saint Helier; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

JTC Group in Jersey is seeking a Qualified accountant to join the Private Client Services team as a finance professional tasked with managing a defined portfolio of entities, delivering management accounts and financial reporting, and coordinating statutory and regulatory filings.

Hybrid work arrangement and a focus on developing junior staff. The role includes balance sheet reviews, intercompany analysis, audits, budgeting and forecasting to support corporate objectives.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
• Experience in a finance team and/or audit environment.
• Experience preparing management accounts and supporting close processes.
• Familiar with audits, statutory reporting, reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Strong Excel and accounting systems experience.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work across a varied portfolio.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and sense of ownership.
• Experience in a multi-entity environment.
• Experience supporting junior team members.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day financial activities of an allocated international portfolio.
• Bookkeeping of monthly payroll and completion of associated reporting.
• Perform balance sheet reviews, reconciliations, and intercompany analysis.
• Prepare monthly and periodic management accounts and quarter-end close processes accurately and on time.
• Responsible for interpretation and analysis of month-end results.
• Review work prepared by junior team members and provide guidance where needed.
• Lead the preparation of statutory accounts, regulatory returns, and other required filings, liaising with third-party service providers where relevant.
• Act as a key contact for auditors and coordinate audit deliverables.
• In line with the Group Transfer Pricing Policy, manage entity settings and monitor the application of the correct treatment across the allocated portfolio.
• Assisting with budgeting, forecasting, and other finance activity where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, and efficiency.
• Onboarding, coaching, and development of junior team members.
• Take on broader people responsibility over time as the role develops.

Skills

Qualified or part-qualified accountant

Finance team or audit experience

Management accounts & close processes

Audits & statutory reporting

Excel & accounting systems

Multiple priorities

Organisational skills & ownership

Multi-entity environment

Support junior team members

Budgeting & forecasting

Job description

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Permanent

DEPARTMENT

Finance

DIVISION

Private Client Services

WORKPLACE STRUCTURE

Hybrid

ROLE OVERVIEW

• Take ownership of a defined portfolio of entities and support the delivery of management accounts and related financial reporting.
• Provide management-level capacity within the team, helping to maintain clear ownership, consistent delivery, and appropriate reviewer support.
• Support statutory and regulatory filings, coordinate audits, and undertake value-add finance activity where applicable.
• Contribute to a team structure that supports both effective delivery and junior development over time.

PURPOSE OF JOB

• Take ownership of a defined portfolio of entities and support the delivery of management accounts and related financial reporting.
• Provide management-level capacity within the team, helping to maintain clear ownership, consistent delivery, and appropriate reviewer support.
• Support statutory and regulatory filings, coordinate audits, and undertake value-add finance activity where applicable.
• Contribute to a team structure that supports both effective delivery and junior development over time.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Manage the day-to-day financial activities of an allocated international portfolio.
• Bookkeeping of monthly payroll and completion of associated reporting.
• Perform balance sheet reviews, reconciliations, and intercompany analysis.
• Prepare monthly and periodic management accounts and quarter-end close processes accurately and on time.
• Responsible for interpretation and analysis of month-end results.
• Review work prepared by junior team members and provide guidance where needed.
• Lead the preparation of statutory accounts, regulatory returns, and other required filings, liaising with third-party service providers where relevant.
• Act as a key contact for auditors and coordinate audit deliverables.
• In line with the Group Transfer Pricing Policy, manage entity settings and monitor the application of the correct treatment across the allocated portfolio.
• Assisting with budgeting, forecasting, and other finance activity where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, and efficiency.
• Onboarding, coaching, and development of junior team members.
• Take on broader people responsibility over time as the role develops.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
• Experience in a finance team and/or audit environment.
• Experience preparing management accounts and supporting close processes.
• Familiar with audits, statutory reporting, reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Strong Excel and accounting systems experience.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work across a varied portfolio.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and sense of ownership.
• Experience in a multi-entity environment.
• Experience supporting junior team members.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement.

OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION & WELLBEING

JTC is committed to fostering a healthy, inclusive organisation where all individuals feel welcome and feel able to participate in the workplace fully. We value different perspectives, backgrounds and lived experiences. This includes supporting employee wellbeing so that people feel equipped to thrive.