Senior Accountant
Job Description
Job Description :
Company
Our client is founded by the Saudi government to bring all communities together and develop all sectors and fields with innovative solutions. The organization generates over $24 million in sales and has over 850 companies and 700 employees.
They are currently looking for a Senior Accountant to be based in Saudi Arabia.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Own end to end record to report monthly, quarterly and yearly closing activities for multiple entities/sectors including accruals, prepayments, revenue, bank reconciliations, provisions, leases and ad-hoc correction journal entries
- Understanding of how to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to day-to-day activities of the business.
- Complete month-end activities in a timely basis
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations as assigned, and resolve issues to ensure GL codes balances are reflecting accurate balances
- Support specific sectors with developing sector monthly financial statements, and with their financial accounting requirements – especially including accruals.
- Advise and drive as business SME the design of accounting or data processing systems, especially in relation to SAP functionality and enhancement
- Support development of new accounting functions in company as they evolve – this will include new revenue streams, intercompany transactions for new subsidiary entities, JV accounting for new joint ventures etc.
- Operate within the required SOX controls framework, completing assigned control procedures, and supporting with specified SOX activities.
- Liaise with tax, treasury, FP&A, consolidation, Reporting, internal audit and corporate finance teams.
- Responsible for addressing annual financial statement & audit related queries for assigned subsidiaries and sectors.
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, across sectors as requested to support in decision-making.
- Assist in internal control development, implementation, and coordination.
Qualification & Requirements:
- University degree
- CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent international Certified Accounting qualification
- Minimum four years of experience working in a corporate organization, preference given to Big4 audit experience.
- Highly skilled in dealing with financial and numeric data
- Highly skilled in use of Excel
- Excellent English verbal and communication skills
- Team player and ability to oversee team players
- Excellent work ethic
- Have a continuous improvement mindset and demonstrate persistence and resilience with system improvements
- Ability to work in stressful, last minute and deadline driven oriented tasks.
Job Details
Employment Types:
Full time
Industry:
Recruitment / Staffing / RPO
Function:
Manufacturing / Engineering / R&D
Roles:
Other Production / Engineering / R&D