The Role
Manage the end-to-end creditors function, including purchase orders, invoice processing, supplier and intercompany reconciliations, cash-book transactions, bank reconciliations, payment batches, and ageing reports. Prepare BAS and HMRC Plastic Tax submissions, maintain compliance, process salary journals, support audits and management accounts, assist with budgets and balance sheet reconciliations, and maintain the fixed asset register.
Summary Generated by Built In
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.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Qualifications
- Grade 12 / Matric / Senior Certificate.
- Diploma or Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
Experience
- Minimum of 3 years' relevant finance experience.
- Experience processing financial transactions and performing bank reconciliations.
- Experience working with ERP systems (preferred).
- Experience dealing with foreign currencies (preferred).
- Exposure to budgets, management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and cash flow forecasting will be advantageous.
Key Skills and Competencies
Technical Skills
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
- Excellent data capturing and administration skills.
- Sound knowledge of accounting principles and financial controls.
- Knowledge of Mauritian accounting and tax regulations.
- Experience with MRA submissions and compliance.
- ERP system experience.
- Strong reconciliation and analytical skills.
Behavioural Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong planning and organisational abilities.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure.
- Proactive problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage stakeholder and supplier relationships professionally.
If you meet the above requirements and are looking to develop your finance career within a dynamic organisation further, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now and become part of our Finance team in Mauritius.
Skills Required
- Grade 12, Matric, or Senior Certificate
- Diploma or degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant finance experience
- Experience processing financial transactions and performing bank reconciliations
- Experience working with ERP systems
- Experience dealing with foreign currencies
- Exposure to budgets, management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and cash flow forecasting
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
- Strong data capturing and administration skills
- Sound knowledge of accounting principles and financial controls
- Knowledge of Mauritian accounting and tax regulations
- Experience with MRA submissions and compliance
- Strong reconciliation and analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong planning and organisational abilities
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure
- Proactive problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage stakeholder and supplier relationships professionally
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The Company
What We Do
United Exports is a global leader and vertically integrated company in the agricultural supply chain, specializing in fruit production and export, from breeding to distribution.
