Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Produce regular financial reporting for the Cayman and Bermuda office and work collaboratively with the Mauritius finance operations team to assist others at peak times and in periods of absence
- Provide swift responses to miscellaneous queries from staff and third parties whilst also assisting staff with billing, disbursement and accounting queries, making adjustments as required
- Support the individual teams with set up of billing files for all respective matters and assist with billing in other jurisdictions
- Add all disbursements (e.g. CORIS, CIMA, couriers, revenue stamps, etc.) to the respective master files in a timely manner, in addition to processing all client disbursements
- Generate and issue bills to relevant parties and perform quarterly and annual bill runs
- Perform monthly reconciliation of CORIS, CIMA and other client disbursements
- Process invoice queries, including timely and accurate invoice reversal, WIP transfers as well as the write off of WIP and debt
- Receive incoming funds from clients and financial institutions, allocating the same to the correct ledgers
- Develop strong relationships with all Group Finance functions to ensure identification, efficiency and consistent use of best practices
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records and ledgers to track expenditures and income
- Proactive identification, implementation and adoption of system and process enhancements to ensure excellent client service, and drive efficiency
- Provide recommendations to management with respect to strategies for improving internal processes to maximise productivity, quality of work and to minimise revenue leakage
- Assist the Regional Financial Controller in preparing monthly statistics reports to the Board/CFO/COO
- Prepare WIP and new client reports for the Regional Financial Controller
- Prepare cheque requests and daily bank deposit
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- A strong working knowledge of accounting standards and experience is required, preferably within financial services
- Excellent organisational, analytical and communication skills are essential
- Must possess a high degree of integrity and a proven ability to maintain confidentiality
- Demonstrated ability to deal with staff at all levels in a tactful and competent manner
- Knowledge of MS Office, specifically Word and Excel is required
- Knowledge of Viewpoint, Aderant Expert and Worksite document management would be an asset
Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and will be in the range of US$55,000–US$75,000 per annum plus benefits.
Applications should be submitted no later than 29 December 2023 and will be treated as strictly confidential.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.