To provide assistance to the client accounting team and to ensure timely and accuracy in the financial records of the corporate or trust client entities of Trident, including other corporate entities managed by Trident in Singapore.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities/Duties
1. Timely maintenance of financial records for client entities, in close consultation with the responsible administrator, including:
Ensuring accounting records are accurately updated on a timely basis to meet deadlines
Preparation of Financial statements and working papers (further details below)
Liaison with administrators, auditors, and tax agents to obtain / provide information to enable company to meet statutory filing deadlines
Other ad-hoc duties assigned
2. Specifically, regarding Offshore companies:
Full set bookkeeping (Monthly reconciliation of bankbalances and securities quantity balances, recording payment of invoices etc.)
Revaluation of year end balances (i.e. foreign currencyrevaluation, calculate and post Fair value adjustments for investments)
Preparation of Financial statements and working papers(i.e. Reconciliation workings between Viewpoint and bank statements)
Monitoring and following up with administrators forclient entity transactions such as supporting documents for accounting entries(e.g. NAV statements of privately held investments, Cash surrender value ofinsurance policies etc.)
3. Specifically, regarding Singapore companies:
Full set bookkeeping (Monthly reconciliation of bank balances and securities quantity balances) and maintain supporting documents referenced in sequence by journal numbers
Preparation of Financial statements in accordance with SFRS, supporting schedules and year end confirmation balances
Preparation of Financial statements in XBRL format
Preparation of Form C-S & Tax computation for Companies
Skills and Competencies:
Minimum3 years’ experience in full set bookkeeping and preparation of Financial statements
Familiar with Investment holding companies (i.e. holding of listed securities and private investments), Family offices, FRS 109 and FRS 107 – Financial instruments and Disclosures for Financial instruments will be highly advantageous
Experience with preparation of Form C-S will be highly advantageous
Relevant professional qualification or ability and commitment to work towards an approved relevant professional qualification; alternatively, an employee may be qualified by experience
Good knowledge of Singapore FRS
Expertise in using Viewpoint, Microsoft Excel
Proficient communication skills
Excellence in bookkeeping and reconciliation abilities
Excellent numeracy skills and accuracy
Meticulous with eye for detail
Efficient and good time management skills to ensure statutory deadlines are met (i.e. ECI,AGM, Form C-S, AEOI)