Vice President - Client Accounting Americas

Position: Vice President – Client Accounting

Location: Cayman Islands

About Us

The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.

Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 2,500 colleagues worldwide.

What’s it like to work here?

We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an accomplished Vice President to join our Client Accounting team as part of our financial services business in Grand Cayman.

The Cayman Islands is home to our global headquarters and where the Maples Group first established operations in the 1960s. Since then we have grown to become one of the largest employers in Cayman, where colleagues from all over the world collaborate to deliver best-in-class solutions to clients worldwide. As part of our Cayman team you will:

• Providing accounting, financial reporting and administration services to a variety of financial services clients, including structured finance vehicles, trusts and investment funds;
• Participating in the development and maintenance of accounting and control systems;
• Performing or overseeing various operational and administrative tasks for clients;
• Assisting with coaching the team.

What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following:

• will have a university degree, preferably in economics, accounting, finance or business administration;
• will have completed an internationally recognised accounting designation (e.g. CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent);
• have a minimum of 3 years’ post qualification experience with an administrator and a top tier accounting and audit firm, including manager experience. During such time will have provided services to clients primarily in the financial services industry.
• in-depth knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS and demonstrated ability to determine and prepare the required note disclosures is essential;
• experience preparing complex accounting and financial statements and disclosure notes for structured finance vehicles, investment funds and private equity vehicles;
• good working knowledge of accounting and/or financial statement preparation software is required.

Key skills for this role are as follows:

• attention to detail, professionalism, excellent organizational skills, and a team-first mentality
• be a self-starter with the ability to handle a diverse workload

• sound working knowledge of all Windows applications
• experience managing a team of professionals
• experience with relationship management and client service
• excellent time management, organizational, prioritization and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• overtime at short notice will be required and the ability to work independently in a dynamic environment and meet strict deadlines is a must.

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website.  Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

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