Job Profiles
With so many job opportunities on The Cayman Islands, here's a run-down of some of the most popular positions. There are a selection of recruitment agencies on the islands who can help with job placement in all industries.
Auditor
Auditors will review and verify a company's financial accounts and records to ensure good accounting practices, and correct accounting. An auditor can be internal - in effect an in-house auditor for a particular company - or external where they are sent in to assess a third-party company.
The world's major external auditing companies all have a base on Cayman including Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PWC
Mutual & Hedge Fund Accountant
The Cayman islands is a world leader in mutual and hedge funds with the majority of the world's funds based and administrated on Grand Cayman. They deal with huge amounts of money - more than US $1 trillion is invested in 
mutual and hedge funds globally - meaning there is a great demand for specialist accountants in this area.
Accountants are responsible for portfolios of funds for which they will calculate periodic Net Asset Values, prepare monthly financial reports and perform daily fund administration duties. More experienced accountants with previous funds experience are highly sought after for managerial and directorship roles.
Trust Accountants
Trust are another key industry on The Cayman Islands. Accountants will have to deal with transactions and clients as well as trust accounting. Trust accounting can incorporate elements of both structured finance and fund accounting.
Trusts and trust structures are very common in the Cayman Islands as one of their main uses is for tax, estate planning and asset protection.
Assistant Trust Accountant jobs are also available. The ideal candidate would hold a minimum of part-qualified ACCA or CIMA with a minimum of 3 years experience within a role having exposure to month and year end.
Temporary Accounting Contracts
Temporary contracts are popular for part-qualified accountants, who may struggle to gain a work permit initially, and fully qualified accountants who was a test run before committing to a long-term contract. Most of these opportunities are found through recruitment agents on the Grand Cayman.
Corporate Lawyer
Corporate lawyers are the most common position for qualified solicitors on the islands. A corporate lawyer will advise their employer about their legal rights and obligations. They assist with many areas of the companies' business from ensuring compliance with business laws and regulations to employee contracts, and helping to circumvent problems.
Lawyers will deal with a portfolio of clients, both onshore and offshore, advising on a wide range of issues - mainly financial. Some of the largest employers on the island are Maples and Walkers.
Insolvency Lawyer
There usually a number of jobs openings for insolvency lawyers on the islands. Their job is to deal with contentious and non-contentious issues on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
Employers usually look for candidates with experience in fund and bank insolvency, acting for and against court-appointed liquidators. These candidates will have also represented court-appointed controllers and administrators.
Lawyers will advise on all aspects relating to complex transactions and structures. Most of the insolvency work is international and involves cross-border aspects.
Legal Secretary
Legal secretaries are an important part of a successful legal firm. They provide administrative support to the lawyers and legal executives and help with the day-to-day running of the firm.
They assist lawyers in a large variety of areas from typing up legal documents , attending court with solicitors, preparing court forms and statements and liaising with clients as well as more usual secretarial duties.
As a legal secretary you will build up a good understanding of the law, and many legal secretaries in larges firms are specialists in one or two areas.
Paralegal / Legal Assistant
Paralegals are not fully qualified lawyers or solicitors but carry out a wide variety of work within Cayman's law firms.
Paralegals provide information to clients, prepare legal documents and conduct research along with some administrative duties.
Many paralegals hold a law degree but it is not always necessary.
Cayman's tourism industry continues to go from strength to strength. In recent years a number of high-profile resorts have opened along Seven Mile Beach, to complement the existing hotels, dive operations and condo complexes.
Diving
All three of the Cayman Islands offer some world-famous dive sites, with much of the best being on the Sister Islands of Grand Cayman and Little Cayman. However, most of the job opportunities are on Grand Cayman where the tourism industry is more highly developed.
PADI-qualified diving instructors should have few problems in finding a position on Grand Cayman with plenty of employers to choose from. If you are more keen on the Sister Islands you are restricted to a handful of dive operators.
Dive operators have job opportunities in other areas of their business too, from backroom staff to help with the boats. Free diving is a great perk of the job.
Hotels
The Cayman Islands has succeeded in attracting luxury tourism in recent years with many international hotel chains present on Seven Mile Beach including The Ritz Carlton, The Marriott and The Westin. Hotels have vacancies for the full range of front-of-house and support staff. Many of these vacancies go to expats on work permits as there are not enough Caymanians to fill the positions.
Beach & Watersports
Many beach and watersports jobs are likely to be within the hotels themselves of with franchises which operate within the hotels, such as Red Sail Sports. Seven Mile Beach offers a full range of watersports from paragliding to jetskiing.
Jobs in this area tend to be low paid but offer a good lifestyle for young people. There is a high turnover of staff so vacancies are always available.
