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 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 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
• 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
• Post payment journals and perform bank reconciliation and credit card reconciliations
• Ensure all payments are immediately applied to relevant invoices and that there are no unapplied invoices
• Book periodic journal entries including payroll, tax, and provisions
• Perform supplier statement reconciliations
• Participate in the month end close process and ensure completion within the prescribed deadlines
• Preparation of management accounts
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a timely basis for all balances in all entities
• Load financial data on Tagetik and ensure all schedules reconcile
• Assist in ad-hoc tasks and projects

Financial control, tax and treasury

• Ensure statutory accounts, tax returns and other filings are completed for all entities on a timely basis
• Ensure all tax and other statutory payments are completed on a timely basis
• Preparation of simple statutory accounts and financial summary
• Assist on local and Group audits as appropriate
• Collate data for the preparation of weekly cash forecast

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