Carole Stewart is a Senior Accountant who provides accounting and financial analysis services. Her experience with both trusts and funds, and her broad skillset means she is well placed to prepare financial statements, calculate NAVs, and conduct investigation and analysis of financial statements and records to support the fiduciary and litigation teams in our client engagements.
Carole has 7 years’ experience in the financial services industry in the Cayman Islands. She joined FFP after spending 4 years at MUFG Alternative Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd providing fund accounting services to one of the world’s leading asset managers. As well as preparing and reviewing NAV calculations and other fund administration tasks, Carole led the financial statement preparation, review and audit process for a large portfolio of hedge funds alongside external professional service providers. She has an extensive knowledge of hedge funds, funds of funds in particular, and is familiar with different hedge fund structures and jurisdictions. Prior to this role, Carole was with RBC Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd as a Trust Accountant. In this role she was responsible for preparing financial statements for a range of private clients and she also assisted the fiduciary team with the transfer of trust assets and the winding down of trusts as a result of RBC’s decision to exit their Caribbean Trust operations.
Before moving to Cayman, Carole worked in various roles in which she was involved in audit and assurance, tax, not-for-profit and project-specific engagements. She has worked with, and advised, clients operating in a wide range of industries and consequently has a highly adaptable skillset.
Carole is a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland.