Assistant Accountant

Company Description

Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance

We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices.

With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, faster. We collaborate to win together, sharing successes and shaping the future of our global business. Our culture of support and recognition provides the tools and opportunities for you to grow, while unlocking the most value for our clients and making your mark with Ocorian.

Expertise: We deliver specialist, tech-enabled solutions for our clients grounded on deep industry expertise.

Trust: We're a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients.

Scale: With more than 1,500 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines.

Job Description

What's In It For You

• Competitive salary
• This role is Mauritius based but we arehybridwith 2 days in office after probation
• Flexible working hours
• Private PensionPlan fully paid by the company after probation
• Private medical insurance with Catastrophe cover fully paid by the company
• Employee recognition program and spot bonuses

Main Responsibilities

• Preparing and posting final bookkeeping entries required for producing financial statements and management accounts for GBL, authorised companies and other jurisdictions as well.
• Performing bank and any other reconciliations.
• Preparing VAT, TDS returns and Tax Computations for clients.
• Filing financial statements, tax returns and other statutory returns within deadlines.
• Preparing annual management accounts and simple financial statements in accordance with IFRS or other designated accounting framework(s) from the accounting records for client entities.
• Providing accounting support to Accounting staff and assisting with ad-hoc projects.
• Liaising with the appointed Auditors to complete the audit of financial statements in accordance with defined timetables.

Qualifications Required

• Partly ACCA/ACA qualified or be suitably qualified by virtue of relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Finance Industry and or Accounting/Auditing experience with exposure to Global Businesses.
• 2 years' experience in preparing client accounts would be desirable.
• Basic knowledge of IFRS or other designated accounting framework(s) as required.

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Possess good communication skills.
• A good team player.
• Ability to deliver under tight deadlines.
• Ask for assistance whenever required.
• Willingness to learn and take on additional challenges.

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 [email protected] .

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.