Assistant Finance Accountant

Job Description

Purpose of the job:

The Ocorian Global Accounting team manages an increasing number of jurisdictions across the world. The team is based in Mauritius and reports into the Mauritius Finance Director.

This role is in the Global Accounting team which is led by the Head of Global Accounting supported by three leaders each responsible for designated tasks and regions.

The Assistant Finance Accountant is responsible for the day-to-day execution of all accounting tasks for specific region.

Main responsibilities:

Financial operations

• Book supplier invoices, employee expense claim forms and other payable requests as per the SLA
• Attend to all emails in the Global Mailbox (GMB) within 24 hours of receiving them and ensure proper filing
• Post payment journals
• Ensure all payments are immediately applied to relevant invoices and that there are no unapplied invoices
• Book periodic journal entries
• Perform supplier statement reconciliations
• Participate in the month end close process and ensure completion within the prescribed deadlines
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a timely basis for all balances in all entities
• Assist in ad-hoc tasks and projects

Financial control, tax and treasury

• Ensure all tax and other statutory payments are completed on a timely basis
• Preparation of simple accounts and financial summary
• Assist on local and Group audits as appropriate

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Qualifications

• A degree in accounting or any equivalent qualification

knowledge, skills and experience:

• At least 1 year of experience in a finance role
• Experience of an ERP system would be an advantage
• Ability to prepare simple accounts and financial summary
• Ability to prepare and file simple tax computation and VAT computation
• Experience of working with external auditors. Previous audit experience preferred
• Proficiency in English, both verbal and written. French is an advantage
• Fair knowledge in terms of computer software skills, including Excel, Word & PowerPoint.

Competencies:

• Ability to meet deadlines and productivity requirements
• Ability to seek support proactively before timeline elapses and pay attention to details
• Fair understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Curious, eager to learn and to continuously improve our processes.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, act as a team-player with other finance team members and as a business partner with other departments within the group.

Additional Information

All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful.  These are:

• We are CLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
• We are AMBITIOUS – We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE – With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
• We are ETHICAL – We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.
  Equal Opportunities for Everyone

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at careers@ocorian.com.

We’re an equal opportunity employer.