Data Analytics Seniors
- Port Louis
- Not disclosed
- Permanent
- Added 26/01/2018
- Closing 25/02/2018
Assist foreign audit teams with data analytics solutions to support and perform audit testing while providing leadership to a team of juniors.
Responsibilities:
- Support audit teams with financial data extraction and compilation from financial systems
- Effectively manage client relationships
- Oversee junior staff performing data loads into data analytics solutions, and perform reviews and quality checks after data has been loaded
- Assist in the cleansing and correcting of data when required
- Ensure that audit teams and management are informed of progress and/or issues noted
- Assist the Corporate Finance department in compiling data to produce structured datapacks for due diligence purposes
- Assist other departments (Assurance, Accounts preparation, Bookkeeping) within BDO Solutions as and when required
- Mentor and coach Junior Associates
Experience
- At least 3 years' experience in Accounting/Bookkeeping/Audit/Finance
- Experience in managing people
- Understanding of financial accounting systems and concepts and data extraction methods. Experience of working with data will be an advantage
Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting/Finance or fully ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified
- HSC with good grades in Mathematics at principal level
Skills
- Analytical and innovative mind set
- Detail oriented and sensitive to numbers
- Enthusiasm for data and how it may be analysed and interpreted
- Tenacious problem solving ability
- Computer literacy - Proficient in using spreadsheets and databases
- Good supervisory skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (English)
- Ability to work odd hours
- Ability to travel overseas for work assignments