Senior Accountant - Finance

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

Main responsibilities:

Financial operations

• Create relevant vendor cards and perform periodic review on vendor maintenance
• Review supplier invoices’ booking
• Responsible of suppliers’ payments and handling of interbank transfers within the Group. Ensure that payments are done by the due date and that sufficient bank balance is available before initiating payments
• Perform bank reconciliation and credit card reconciliations
• Book periodic journal entries including payroll, tax, and provisions
• Prepare country pack and monthly business review for submission to Country Heads
• Participate in the month end close process and ensure completion within the prescribed deadlines
• Preparation and review of management accounts
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed and reviewed on a timely basis for all balances in all entities
• Load financial data on Tagetik and ensure all schedules reconcile
• Provide technical accounting and support and advise on appropriate accounting treatments, standards and policies
• Assist in ad-hoc tasks and projects

Financial control, tax and treasury

• Prepare or review statutory accounts, tax returns and other filings and ensure they are completed for all entities on a timely basis
• Prepare and review all tax and other statutory payments and ensure they are completed on a timely basis
• Attend to all queries from regulatory bodies within the prescribed deadline
• Preparation of statutory accounts
• Review of simple statutory accounts and financial summary
• Assist on local and Group audits as appropriate
• Coordinate the annual Government fees renewal
• Prepare weekly cash flow forecasts with explanations on cash movement
• Submit monthly capital regulatory requirement reporting

Group reporting (where relevant)

• Communicate and manage monthly deliverables of the Group
• Collating and consolidating regional reports
• Review and manage intercompany matrix
• Perform internal quality checks on tasks performed by Global Accounting Team to ensure processes are streamlined and adhered to
• Maintain and review KPIs for the Global Accounting Team
• Prepare Group transfer pricing and any other Group reports
• Proactively identify, propose and implement process improvement and automations

People

• Provide support and training to junior and finance accountants
• Complete the improvement log
• Organize and conduct trainings for newcomers as well as refresher trainings for existing accountants.

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