Junior Trainee Accountant
Diego-Martin or Westmoorings, North West
Full time
Posted On 03.19.2025
Expire On 04.10.2025 Employer
Description
Are you passionate about numbers, detail-oriented, and eager to kickstart your career in accounting? We have the perfect opportunity for you! We’re looking for a dedicated and motivated Junior Trainee Accountant to join our dynamic team.
About Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited
Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited leads the charge in Life, Health, and Pension solutions throughout the Caribbean Region. Our unwavering mission is to cultivate financial freedom for our stakeholders through transformative interactions, fuelled by the relentless power of technology. With innovation at our core, we strive to redefine the landscape of financial services, empowering individuals, and businesses alike to pursue their dreams with confidence and security.
JOB OVERVIEW:
The Junior Accountant Trainee assists in the coordination of the timely and efficient preparation of the monthly management accounts, reporting templates and annual financial statements.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Treasury and Investments
- Assist with developing treasury procedures for the GLOC business ensuring all cash needs in local and foreign currencies are anticipated, while ensuring all foreign currency risk is mitigated.
- Assist with developing monthly treasury needs analysis by working with the monthly cash flow forecast to ensure that all cash obligations are anticipated.
- Confirm with the timing of the foreign currency needs to ensure that exchange rates are negotiated in advance of purchases with the bank.
- Review all investment activities and accounting transactions booked in GLOC’s books. The incumbent should monitor all transactions and review the calculations that support all journals entered into Oracle.
- Assist with preparing monthly agents’ USD commission payment letters to the banks.
- Financials
- Provide support for various departments within the BU and ensures accounting queries are handled in a timely manner.
- Prepare Financial Statements on a monthly and annual basis for Bancassurance GRII and Calico. This entails review of the template for Group Finance, preparation and or review of journals entries, preparing and reviewing entries for GLOC.
- Prepare Central Bank reports and Balances of Payments reports on a quarterly and annual basis for BANC, CALICO, GL (OECS) and GLOC local and overseas territories.
- Assist with the internal and external audit by providing supporting documents and schedules within stipulated deadlines with no material errors.
- Prepare monthly variance reports.
- Handle all adhoc monthly payments.
- Assist Manager in project management for process improvements.
- Effectively manage the monthly financial close process
- To perform any other job-related duties as assigned by the Manager and/or Vice President.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Level 1 ACCA, pursuing Level 2 or equivalent qualification from a recognized tertiary educational institution.
- LOMA 280, 290, ACS 100 and all related parts
- At least three (3) years’ experience in the accounting/auditing field or a similar environment.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT:
- As a regulated entity with obligations under the Know Your Employee guidelines, a Certificate of Character is required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
The Junior Accountant Trainee must be flexible, possess excellent time management skills and be extremely organized to ensure that deadlines are met. He/ She must be able to work with minimal supervision and be driven and results oriented. The incumbent must possess unquestionable integrity, be professional and articulate.
Applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
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