Associate - Finance Officer

About Waystone

Waystone is a leading asset-servicing solutions provider of institutional governance, administration, risk and compliance services to financial institutions. With over 25 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone helps our clients structure, operate and grow through our expertise, innovation and digitisation, backed by the operational scale to support global expansion.

Summary: Reporting to the Manager, the Associate will be an integral part of the team’s success.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Undertaking the role of outsourced Finance Officer for WCSME regulated clients in DIFC and ADGM.
• Ensuring that the prudential regulatory returns and relevant notifications for clients are submitted on a timely basis and acting as a point of contact with the regulator.
• Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise finance and accounting policies and procedures for clients to ensure compliance with various finance regulatory requirements.
• Providing day to day support to clients and colleagues in executing regulatory finance deliverables.
• Assist and/or providing training on Regulatory Finance.
• Manage clients’ expectations.
• Attending and contributing to internal meetings.
• Assisting in promoting the firm at various industry and promotional events or producing certain publications.
• Keeping abreast of relevant laws and regulations.
• Commitment to minimum continuing professional development requirements, in accordance with internal and external standards.
• Commitment to continued learning, remaining well-informed regarding internal standards, and business goals/knowledge sharing.
• Responsible for maintaining timesheets daily and are expected to meet certain targets on a weekly basis, as set by management.
• Responsible for maintaining, keeping up-to-date, and accurate client files.
  
  

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Experience

• The Associate must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in Accounting and Finance or in Accounting and Finance Consulting (or equivalent).
• An Associate should be well-versed, from within the Accounting and Regulatory Finance space, who can act in a vigorous and independent manner to develop both policy, and culture across the organization.
  
  

Education

Preferably educated to degree standard (or equivalent).

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