We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Officer: Creditors to join our Finance team in Mauritius. This role is responsible for the end-to-end creditors function, cash-book processing, bank reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and ensuring compliance with applicable financial regulations.
The ideal candidate will have strong accounts payable experience, excellent reconciliation skills, and the ability to manage high-volume financial transactions accurately and within strict deadlines.
Key Performance Outputs
Creditors Management
- Generate purchase orders accurately and timeously.
- Process supplier and intercompany invoices in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements.
- Match invoices to purchase orders and supporting documentation.
- Process supplier allocations and maintain accurate records.
- Review and follow up on open purchase orders and outstanding requisitions.
- Ensure all billable transactions are cleared monthly.
- Manage supplier onboarding and maintain supporting documentation in line with company policies.
Creditors Reconciliations
- Take full responsibility for the creditors' ledger and age analysis.
- Prepare weekly and monthly supplier ageing reports.
- Perform monthly supplier reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
- Reconcile intercompany creditor accounts and resolve outstanding items.
- Support cash flow forecasting through accurate creditor reporting.
Cash-book and Banking
- Capture cash-book transactions accurately and timeously.
- Perform bank reconciliations and investigate reconciling items.
- Prepare weekly creditor payment requests for approval.
- Execute approved payment batches in accordance with company policies.
- Reconcile corporate credit card and debit card accounts.
Intercompany Accounting
- Perform monthly balancing and reconciliation of intercompany accounts.
- Manage intercompany debtor ageing and reconciliations.
- Process intercompany sales invoices and monthly administration fee invoices.
Compliance and Regulatory Reporting
- Prepare and submit Business Activity Statements (BAS).
- Reconcile and submit HMRC Plastic Tax returns and related payments.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting and tax regulations.
Financial Support
- Process monthly salary journals.
- Assist with balance sheet reconciliations.
- Support annual audits and audit preparation.
- Assist with monthly management accounts.
- Support budget preparation processes.
- Maintain and update the fixed asset register.
- Assist with other ad hoc accounting duties as required.