Assistant Financial Controller

Since inception in 1997, the RF Group has been committed to helping clients create and manage wealth. We are your local private bank connecting Bahamians with the best in local and international investments.

The Assistant Financial Controller is a senior leadership role responsible for the oversight, integrity, and strategic direction of all accounting and financial reporting functions across the RF Group.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership & Oversight

• Provide direct leadership and oversight to Regional Manager, Accounting and Finance
• Establish clear accountability frameworks, performance expectations, and KPIs across both function
• Ensure alignment between corporate accounting, fund/client accounting and regulatory reporting requirements
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex accounting, reporting, and operational issues

Financial Reporting & Close Governance

• Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across all entities
• Ensure timely and accurate management accounts, proper cut-off, accruals, and reconciliations, full balance sheet integrity and substantiation
• Review and challenge outputs from both teams, ensuring consistency across entities and jurisdictions
• Drive standardization of close timelines, templates, and review controls

Annual Financial Statements & Audit

• Oversee preparation of annual audited financial statements across all group entities
• Ensure compliance with IFRS requirements and local regulatory and statutory requirements
• Review financial statements, notes and disclosures and supporting schedules
• Ensure all audit deliverables are complete, accurate, and delivered within deadlines

Regulatory & Statutory Reporting

• Oversee submission of regulatory filings, central bank reporting and trustee-related reporting (where applicable)
• Ensure all submissions are accurate, complete and delivered on time
• Maintain strong awareness of evolving regulatory requirements across jurisdictions

Tax & Government Reporting

• Oversee preparation and review of tax filings, business license filings and other statutory submissions
• Ensure appropriate controls exist over data accuracy, filing completeness and timeliness

Budgeting & Financial Planning

• Lead coordination of the annual budgeting process across all business lines
• Ensure alignment with strategic objectives, consistency across jurisdictions and robust challenge and validation of assumptions
• Provide meaningful financial insights to Financial Controller and Executive leadership

Treasury & Liquidity Oversight

• Oversee monitoring of bank liquidity and cash positions and investment allocations
• Provide support and oversight for treasury decision-making and banking relationships and due diligence

Process Improvement & Controls

• Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes, financial reporting workflows and internal controls
• Ensure strong governance over GL ownership, reconciliations, intercompany balances
• Implement scalable processes across multiple entities and multiple jurisdictions

Stakeholder & Executive Support

• Provide high-quality financial analysis
• Support strategic initiatives, business decision-making and new product or structure launches
  

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA or equivalent)
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in financial services (banking, asset management, trust) and corporate accounting and/or fund accounting
• Proven experience managing multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction environments
• Strong technical expertise in IFRS reporting, financial statement preparation and regulatory reporting
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing senior-level direct reports
• Strong understanding of internal controls, financial governance and close processes
• Excellent analytical and communication skills and stakeholder management
• Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines
  

Competitive compensation package will commensurate with relevant experience and qualification. RF Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Limited appreciates your interest. However, only those applications shortlisted will be contacted. Internal Candidates are given preferential consideration for all vacant positions.