Finance Administrator – Financial Control

Job title: Finance Administrator – Financial Control

Company: Ocorian

Job description: Company Description

Ocorian delivers administration and compliance services for funds, corporate, capital markets and private clients.

No matter where in the world our clients’ hold financial interests, or however they are structured or need to be supported, we will provide a tailored and personalised solution that is individual to their needs and fully compliant to the needs of their stakeholders, regulators and the investment itself.

We manage over 15,000 structures for 6000+ clients with a global footprint operating from 20+ locations. Our scale offers all our people great opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills and to progress their careers

Job Description

Ocorian is building a Financial Control team out of Mauritius to support its accounting teams worldwide. The team is led by a Senior Manager and reports into the Regional Finance Director, also based in Mauritius. The main objective is to create, deploy, and run standard financial controls & processes across our jurisdictions.

The Finance Administrator is responsible for some financial controls & processes for several jurisdictions.

Main Responsibilities

Financial Operations

• Book periodic journal entries including payroll, tax and provisions
• 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
• Proactively identify, propose and implement process improvement and automations
• Assist in ad-hoc tasks and projects

Financial control, tax and treasury

• Support in ensuring the financial control environment is appropriate and controls are operating as intended
• Support in preparing statutory accounts, tax returns and other filings
• Assist on local and Group audits as appropriate
• Collate data to prepare monthly cash flow forecasts
• Support with various other reports & regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with all Group accounting policies and IFRS

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Qualifications

• A degree in accounting or any equivalent qualification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• At least 2 to 5 years of experience in a finance role, ideally in FC
• Ability to prepare management accounts and financial summary
• Ability to prepare and file tax computation and VAT computation
• Experience of working with external auditors. Previous audit experience preferred
• Strong ERP knowledge (preferably NavOne). Knowledge of Caseware is a plus
• Proficiency in English, both verbal and written. French is a plus
• Intermediate computer software skills, including Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
• Analytical and Critical Thinking

Competencies

• Ability to meet demanding deadlines and productivity requirements
• Ability to work autonomously, paying attention to details and meet or beat the deadlines.
• Good understanding of basic accounting principles.
• Ability to prioritise and multitask.
• 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 AMBITIOUS – We aim high and are always seeking new ways to delight our people and clients
• We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done
• We are COLLABORATIVE – We achieve more working together
• We are ETHICAL – We behave with integrity at all times

Expected salary:

Location: Mauritius

Date posted: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:04:45 GMT

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