Financial Analyst (Chaguanas)

The Financial Analyst supports the financial close for JMMB Investments T&T Limited and JMMB Securities T&T Limited. Responsibilities include preparing balance sheet account reconciliations, clearing entry journals, and conducting investigations and analysis on various account balances.

Job Summary:
The Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting the financial close process for JMMB Investments T&T Limited (JMMB ITT) and JMMB Securities T&T Limited (JMMB SL). This includes preparation of balance sheet account reconciliations (including bank accounts), preparing journals for clearing entries and balances as well as doing the required investigations and analysis on various account balances.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Support the Senior Financial Analyst with an assessment of the prior periods bank reconciliations (1-2 years) to assess whether items were appropriately cleared and prepare correcting journal entries as required.
• Updating the clearings and suspense account reconciliations for the entities on a daily basis or as required based on volumes and availability of information GL entries. Investigating and reporting to the Assistant Accountant and the Senior Financial Analyst on all outstanding items and clearing these where appropriate. 
• Work with the Assistant Accountant and Senior Financial Analyst to update the bank reconciliations for the entities on a daily basis or as required based on volumes and availability of information with statement and GL entries. Investigating and reporting to the Assistant Accountant and the Senior Financial Analyst on all outstanding items and clearing these where appropriate. 
• Assisting in reconciliation of AR and AP clients.
• Support the Oracle payments process to all vendors are created on a timely basis and ensure requisitions and Purchase orders are completed by the relevant departments to avoid delays in payments to vendors.
• Complete other asset and liability reconciliations on a monthly basis. Work with the Assistant Accountant and the Senior Financial Analyst to clear items or escalate long outstanding items for resolution. 
• Prepare and post monthly journals into Oracle GL for approval from the Net Settlement.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

 
Qualifications (Education & Certification)

• Accounting qualification OR a BSc in Finance. This is flexible depending on the level of experience below as per below.

Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in Financial Services with a working knowledge of banking and investment products and banking and investment systems.
• Practical working knowledge the reconciliation process of system balances to the general ledger
• Experience in Reconciliations of various types of general ledger accounts and understanding the booking of investment and banking related transactions.   

 Other (Skills):

• Sound Excel capabilities at an intermediate level.