Senior Corporate Accountant

CO_AFCSM Apex Fund & Corporate Services (Mauritius) Ltd.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Pune seeks a diligent compliance professional to maintain records in line with internal and statutory requirements. You will convene director/ shareholder meetings, prepare board papers, verify minutes, and ensure all client deliverables meet quality and accuracy standards.

Responsibilities include coordinating certifications, notarisation, apostillation and consularisation, managing bank accounts and transfers, and filing PAYE, TDS, VAT and Indian tax returns on time.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of working experience in the Global Business Sector or an audit firm would be an advantage.
• Holds a degree or has completed/ substantially completed a professional ACA or ACCA qualification or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a client service mindset when servicing the client.
• Proficient in MS Office (Microsoft Word, Excel).
• Good written and spoken communications skills.
• Able to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Goal-oriented and an organized team player.
• Quick learner and able to adapt in different work environment.
• Well organised and a track record of working to tight deadlines.
• Able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist with maintaining proper records in accordance with internal and legal requirements.
• Convene meetings of directors/shareholders, prepare Board papers with high quality of deliverables.
• Verify minutes drafted by team members.
• Ensure that final deliverables to client are 100% correct in terms of quality and accuracy.
• Develop full awareness of individual clients and their requirements.
• Completion and follow-up of Certification, Notarisation, Apostillation, Consularisation of documents on a timely basis.
• Maintain bank accounts, including bank account opening, initiate transfers and liaising with the bank.
• Ensuring that all day-to-day matters required to be completed are performed in a timely and satisfactory manner including monitoring tasks.
• Prepare and file PAYE return, TDS returns, VAT returns, Indian tax returns within statutory due dates.
• Deal with tax issues, queries from MRA, clients and other authorities.
• Effect statutory filings with FSC, ROC and other statutory bodies.
• Effect customer due diligence (CDD) as per AML Code and maintain an updated list of CDD for all companies.
• Coordinate work of team members effectively.

Skills

Audit experience

Degree holder

ACA/ACCA qualification

MS Office

Client service mindset

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Team player

Education

Degree holder

ACA/ACCA qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Job Description

Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with maintaining proper records in accordance with internal and legal requirements.
• Convene meetings of directors/shareholders, prepare Board papers with high quality of deliverables.
• Verify minutes drafted by team members.
• Ensure that final deliverables to client are 100% correct in terms of quality and accuracy.
• Develop full awareness of individual clients and their requirements.
• Completion and follow-up of Certification, Notarisation, Apostillation, Consularisation of documents on a timely basis.
• Maintain bank accounts, including bank account opening, initiate transfers and liaising with the bank.
• Ensuring that all day-to-day matters required to be completed are performed in a timely and satisfactory manner including monitoring tasks.
• Prepare and file PAYE return, TDS returns, VAT returns, Indian tax returns within statutory due dates.
• Deal with tax issues, queries from MRA, clients and other authorities.
• Effect statutory filings with FSC, ROC and other statutory bodies.
• Effect customer due diligence (CDD) as per AML Code and maintain an updated list of CDD for all companies.
• Coordinate work of team members effectively.

Skills Required:

• 3+ years of working experience in the Global Business Sector or an audit firm would be an advantage.
• Holds a degree or has completed/ substantially completed a professional ACA or ACCA qualification or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a client service mindset when servicing the client.
• Proficient in MS Office (Microsoft Word, Excel).
• Good written and spoken communications skills.
• Able to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Goal-oriented and an organized team player.
• Quick learner and able to adapt in different work environment.
• Well organised and a track record of working to tight deadlines.
• Able to work under pressure.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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