The Team Leader – Accounting, in the Corporate & Private Wealth Services Department, will be responsible for a team comprising of Senior Executives and/or Executives, overseeing a defined and varied set of Accounting services deliverables for a portfolio of clients in conjunction with various Departments.
Nature of work and contribution:
- Supervise the team members, ensuring relevant workload is organized, allocated and monitored appropriately to meet target deadlines;
- Review of work of team members on the day-to-day matters as delegated by the immediate/subsequent reporting line(s).
- Act as direct liaison for day-to-day accounting issues for the portfolio of clients; reporting any service or support incidents, breaches or relevant matters through the immediate/subsequent reporting line(s).
- Ensure all accounting services and support requests are delivered accurately, efficiently and in line with all associated and relevant Policies, Procedures and Regulation;
- Attend to and/or ensure input accounting and financial transactions on NAVISION for client entities;
- Perform and/or review all reconciliations necessary for the preparation of financial summaries/management accounts/financial statements in accordance with IFRS for client entities;
- Attend to clients’ accounting queries for the department;
- Assist the auditors for the yearly audit of client entities;
- Attend to and/or review surveys from FSC and other statutory bodies;
- Attend to any other duties related to accounting for entities in the portfolio
- Be proactive and provide prompt, excellent and professional accounting services;
- Comply with the internal control and audit standards;
- Ensure and work with immediate/subsequent reporting line(s) to ensure all internal/statutory deadlines are met, as applicable;
- Assist the reporting line (s) in completion of monthly billing for the Department and ensuring that the budgeted figures are met to the extent possible;
- Assist the reporting line (s) for collection of Debtors for the Department;
- Assist the reporting line (s) to attend to queries from other internal Departments;
- Assist the reporting line (s) in respect of research in relation to assignments;
- Detail oriented, able to work with minimum supervision in a fast pace environment.
Knowledge, skills & experience:
- Between 5-7 years’ work experience in a similar position and sector
- Minimum 2 years in coordination of work of others
- Bachelor degree in Accounting and/or qualified ACCA
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
- Sound Knowledge of the accounting standards including complex NAV Calculations
- Sound knowledge of the Mauritian Companies Act, Trust Act, Financial Services Act and other acts and legislations applicable to the Global Business Sector
- Good communication skills (written and spoken English)
- Strong work ethic, professional and team player
- Quick learning ability to new systems and operational procedures
- Analytical and meticulous attention to fine detail and able to work to tight deadlines
- Research Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
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