Job Description

Spanish speaking Financial Controller
A unique family office is looking for a senior Spanish speaking accountant to manage one of their clients' accounts. This is a great opportunity to work for a very successful and growing global boutique firm.

Key responsibilities:

• Monitoring and forecasting family cash flow - involving information gathering from other sources - trustees, the company, specialist professionals, banks. Reviewing proposed transactions to be undertaken by the principal business in which the client is invested, and the tax (complex and multi-jurisdictional).
• Attending various meetings with the client and /or with the client's other advisers and/ or with the team behind the client's main investment.
• Overseeing the operation of the household and company payrolls.

 

• Thinking proactively for the family and in particular forward looking and as a result raising valuable matters for the family's consideration.

Special Projects

• Reviewing proposed company restructuring and amendments to investor agreements from the perspective of protecting the family interests.
• Reviewing of investment and sale opportunities, preparing financial models and advising on appropriate structures for such investments.
• Financial oversight of a significant capital project being undertaken by the family and liaising with the project team to monitor budgets and expenditure.

Tax

• Personal tax - advising the client on personal tax matters covering a variety of income streams, including employment matters, dividend and investment income, partnership income. Advising on the tax implications of various investments both in the UK and abroad. Oversight of the preparation of personal tax returns and ensuring that tax liabilities are settled in a timely manner.
• Corporate tax - advising the client's UK investment companies on the taxation of income received from worldwide investments. Overseeing the preparation of corporate tax returns and other statutory filings.
• Partnership taxation - advising on the tax implications for both the client's company and the family trust on partnership tax matters in relation to investments.

 

• International tax - the client holds investments in several different jurisdictions, in Europe and further afield. An important part of the role is understanding how the UK tax system interacts with the local tax regime of each of these investments.

Experience:
Native or near native level of Spanish written and spoken
ACCA or ACA qualified
Knowledge of Spanish accounting practices
This is an exciting permanent opportunity beginning immediately. If you are currently available and have the required skill set please send your CV in word format.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Native or near native level of Spanish written and spoken, ACCA or ACA qualified, Knowledge of Spanish accounting practices, This is an exciting permanent opportunity beginning immediately. If you are currently available and have the required skill set please send your CV in word format.