Senior Accountant

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.

• 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.

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About Company

Propel Consult was established in 2009 in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Jamie Groom and Barry Prost to provide high quality recruitment and management consultancy services to employers in the Middle East. The company’s original focus was on the Construction & Engineering and Oil & Gas sectors. Due to client demand, this has grown to include the professional services disciplines of Banking & Finance, Legal, Technology and Human Resources.