Trust Manager Tunbridge Wells

Location: London
Salary: Highly Competitive
Job Type: Permanent

Job Ref. Number:MM040

Job Title: Trust Manager
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Salary: Highly Competitive

The Company:

Cripps Harries Hall LLP is a leading regional law practice in the South East. Based in Tunbridge Wells, they currently have 41 partners and employ over 250 people. Although Cripps’ have an office in London all staff are located in Tunbridge Wells.
The firm are highly ranked in the legal directories for providing clients with the highest quality of legal services for both commercial and private clients. Turnover for 2006/2007 was £17.5 million.

Cripps Harries Hall LLP pride themselves on offering both clients and staff an excellent alternative to City law firms. Although they also attract individuals from other regional firms, many of their partners and staff have moved to the firm from London. The firm offer them the opportunity to continue to enjoy the quality of work and clients they previously experienced in the City but without the commute. Many of their clients, whether corporate, institutional or private clients, have relocated all or part of their legal work from London to benefit from their lower overheads.

As a forward-thinking practice Cripps Harries Hall LLP recognise the vital contribution of skilled professionals to their continued development. The firm’s business is providing clients with the highest quality of legal services.

The Role:

A Trust Manager is required to work in the firm’s busy Trust Administration team within their Private Clients group.

This involves preparing documentation for client meetings, ensuring provision of reports to client relationship partner, regular use of the trust administration client management system (MYOB), administration of trusts on a daily basis including trust terminations, reporting according to pre-determined criteria to designated partners and trustees, organising/keeping records of and handling receipts/payments to/from trust funds, monitoring trust events (eg. coming of age of beneficiary) and ensuring correct follow-up, client contact (shared with trust partner), accounts preparation using computed based accounting system, various aspects of trust taxation, general administration and integration of general management cases, Undertaking annual or more frequent tasks according to a predetermined calendar and training junior members when required.

The Successful Candidate:

Ideally you will have at least 5 years experience in Trust Administration within a professional services environment. You will have excellent IT, organisational and interpersonal skills, and be accustomed to working to tight deadlines without close supervision and enjoy a busy team environment.

The Benefits:

Salary reviewed annually in May. There will be 25 days holiday pa. In addition, other benefits will be available after a suitable qualifying period: a contributory pension scheme, free private medical care; free permanent health insurance and free life cover.

NB: PQE levels are illustrative only and serve purely as a guide to candidates. Emerson Chase will welcome applications from individuals with more or less relevant experience than stated since such candidates may well be of interest to our clients.

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