Team Manager, Client Accounting

Team Manager of Client Accounting
Location: St Peter Port, Guernsey 
Department: Shared Client Services Accounting 
Vacancy type: Permanent, Full time

The position

The Shared Client Services (SCS) Accounting team delivers client-facing accounting and regulatory support across CSC’s Corporate (SPV), Private Client and Executive Compensation service lines. As Team Manager, you will oversee day-to-day delivery for a portfolio of clients, ensuring accurate, consistent, and timely outputs in Guernsey and our India delivery teams. You will apply strong IFRS and UK GAAP knowledge to review financial statements and support audit delivery, escalating complex technical matters as needed.

This role suits an experienced accounting professional who combines technical leadership with strong planning, stakeholder management, and a continuous-improvement mindset. Working closely with the Senior Manager of Client Accounting, the successful candidate will support service delivery, resource planning, quality oversight, and team development initiatives. The position offers an opportunity to develop broader leadership and people management responsibilities as the function continues to evolve.

Your responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery for a portfolio of client accounting engagements, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely completion across Guernsey and India support teams
• Support the Senior Manager of Client Accounting in planning team priorities, reviewing workloads, and ensuring resources are aligned to meet client and business objectives, monitor service delivery performance, manage capacity, and proactively address delivery risks and resource challenges.
• Review financial statements and supporting workpapers under UK GAAP, IFRS and relevant regulatory frameworks, identifying issues early and escalating complex technical matters appropriately
• Support audit planning and audit liaison activities, including coordinating deliverables, responding to auditor queries, and maintaining clear status reporting to stakeholders
• Serve as a key operational contact for client-facing administration teams and client advisors on accounting delivery topics, helping to manage expectations and resolve day-to-day issues
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and support to Accountants and Associate Accountants, fostering a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Support the Senior Manager to ensure adherence to standard processes, controls, and documentation expectations; identify opportunities to improve efficiency through standardization and better use of tools/technology
• Support onboarding, knowledge-sharing, and training initiatives to strengthen team capability and consistency across locations.

Required Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CPA, or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP with experience reviewing financial statements and challenging accounting conclusions constructively
• Experience in a client-facing accounting environment within financial services, trust/company services, fund services, or professional services
• Experience supporting audits and working effectively with external auditors and internal stakeholders
• Strong planning, prioritization, and quality-control skills, with the ability to deliver to multiple deadlines in a regulated environment
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-location operating model, ensuring clear handoffs and accountability across teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience leading, coaching, mentoring and developing team members 
• Experience with Channel Islands structures (corporate and trust) and related statutory/reporting requirements
• Familiarity with GFSC expectations and working within an AML/CFT/CPF control environment
• Experience improving processes through standardization, automation, or accounting workflow/tool adoption (e.g., checklists, dashboards, practice aids)
• Prior exposure to coordinating work delivered with offshore/shared service teams