Senior Accountant

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The Accounting and Tax Senior collaborates a team of Accountants in the UAE and Mauritius offices while aligning with organizational objectives.

Responsibilities include being the Onboarding Specialist providing support in business growth by incorporating new Clients with least Turnaround time as possible while assuring quality of output.

The SA may still provide bookkeeping for Tier 2 Clients while at the same time provide quality assurance to the output financial reports and tax returns for Tier 1-2 Clients prepared by accountants.

The reports are expected to be reliable, has complied with relevant IFRS and tax regulations and submitted timely whether monthly, quarterly or annually.

1.1.

Understand the importance of revenue, productivity, chargeability and the client relationship and effectively apply this understanding to daily tasks.

2.1.

Be responsible for the delivery of work with the right level of quality and timeliness for Tier 1-2 Clients

2.2.

Provide training and guidance to team members focusing on task performance

3.1.

Be the Onboarding Specialist, obtaining information from other teams/ Client, if required

3.2.

Ensure appropriate controls, policies and processes are adhered to

3.3.

Identify areas for improvement in policies, processes, procedures and systems

3.4.

Implement changes to procedures, guidelines, when applicable.

3.5.

Coordinate reviews, billing and other internal controls to ensure that they are conducted and observed

3.6.

Collaborate and share knowledge/expertise across service lines and other TMF offices on specific deals

3.7.

Support the implementation and updating of systems

3.8.

Escalate technical issues and knowledge gaps, where required

4.

Client service

4.1.

Build, develop and maintain relationships with clients, auditors as appropriate as assigned within the portfolio, building a first-rate professional relationship with assigned clients acting as a secondary point of contact

4.2.

Ensure the delivery of services in accordance with each client engagement letter

4.3.

Attend client meetings, as required

4.4.

Share relevant information and updates to clients

4.5.

Oversee completion of know your client procedures for all assigned clients

5.

Team-based responsibilities

5.1.

Coordinate with the onboarding of new clients

5.2.

Processing of accounting and tax associated work for Tier 2 Clients

5.3.

Review, test and reconcile the work and data received from accountants for Tier 1 Clients

5.4.

Assist with the coordination and preparation of monthly and annual trackers

5.5.

Perform any other reasonable assignment requested by management

5.6.

Personal utilization of 85% - whereby 85% of hours are aligned to client work and service delivery

Pathways for career development

Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.

We provide internal career opportunities, so you can take your career further within TMF.

Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

Making an impact

You ll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients.

Through our corporate social responsibility program, you ll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.

A supportive environment

Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace.

Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.