Year 12 students at Cayman prep and high school are benefiting from the expertise of a leading accountant with the largest management firm in the Cayman Islands dms Management Ltd. Kevin Phillip, a Manager at dms Management, has volunteered to teach an accounting course to the Advanced Subsidiary Year 12 class at Cayman Prep and High School.
Mr. Phillip is teaching ‘The Principles of Accounting’ during the first term of the academic year. As well as developing students’ accounting abilities, the syllabus focuses on instructing students about the roles and functions of accounting as an information system.
‘Working with the youth is investing in our future. The dms conglomerate as a whole is keen to hire locally, which makes this opportunity ideal, as we reach out and educate local students about the financial industry and the employment opportunities therein,’ commented Mr. Phillip.
Mr. Phillip services a variety of hedge funds and other related entities, providing management oversight to members of the corporate administrative staff and developing new business opportunities.
Previously, Mr. Phillip worked as an Audit Senior at Ernst & Young in the Cayman Islands where he was responsible for coordinating and supervising the audit of both onshore and offshore hedge funds worth over $12 billion. Prior to that, he worked in the asset management practice at Ernst & Young’s New York financial services office. He holds a Master of Science in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from North Carolina Central University.
dms Management is an affiliate company of dms Organization, sharing a long-standing commitment to supporting the youth of Cayman through their active involvement in the Junior Achievement Programme and participation in offering work experience to students from schools island wide. In 2007, dms Organization launched its cornerstone education initiative, the Joanna Clarke Excellence in Education Award. A celebration of exemplary service in education, it awards a total of $12,000 KYD to worthy education projects.
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