General Accountant

Job Description

A General Accountant is responsible in establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles by developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying and reporting financial information.Basic Duties & Responsibilities:1) General Accounting

• Provide assessment and recommendations to improve systems & procedures and initiate corrective actions;
• Process month and end year process, accounts payable/receivable, cash receipts, general ledger, WPS payroll and utilities, trust account statement reconciliations, check runs, fixed asset activity, debt activity etc.;
• Prepare accounting data and produce Quarterly/ Yearly of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and scheduling expenditure and or provides regular, special financial, statistical management report and financial statement;
• Gather data and liaise with other Group of company, stakeholder to prepare substantial report and information required for the project assign by the management;
• Create periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs;
• Coordinate and complete internal and external annual audits maintain and continually review, evaluate process & recommend improvement for better effectiveness and efficiency;
• Provide support in studying new supplier price list or any other cost finding projects of the company;
• Take responsibility in issuing post-dated cheques and liaising with bank representatives for other banking transactions (Bank Statement, TT, Bank Guarantee, legalities, etc);
• Obtain and follow up Visa & Master Card invoice approvals;
• Control the branches? various financial reports and follow up with Branch Managers for clarifications and corrections;
• File & Post Accounting Data entries ? expenses and revenues;
• Summarize a proper schedule of payments for all the regular expenses;
• Handle petty cash and payment of utilities and other related expenditures. In case of discrepancies, follow up directly with the concerned government entity or company (such as DEWA, DU, etc) thru online or cash payment;
• Take charge of suppliers and intercompany postings and reconciliations;
• Assist in handling fixed assets posting & depreciation, payment and accruals;
• Resolve accounting discrepancies;
• Provide accounting policy orientation for new staff; and
• Report to the Senior Accountant ? GCC and/or Finance Manager.

• Sort and distribute incoming Emails;
• Extract the daily bank position;
• Track expenses and process expenses reports (HO Expenses);
• Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior payment;
• Prioritize invoices payments according to payment terms;
• Process and schedule check requests;
• Match invoices to cheques, obtain all signatures for cheques and distribute cheques accordingly;
• Monitor the loans schedules and prepare cheques for monthly repayments;
• Audit and Process Credit Cards bills and payments;
• Prepare and process Online transfers and payments;
• Monitor gas consumptions paid by Silkor for the drivers and other employees and prepare monthly report;
• Handle the legal and residency fees Payments of the employees;
• Fill the utilities expenses file (water, electricity, telephone and internet) and analyze the variations;
• Correspond with suppliers and respond to inquiries;
• Reconcile suppliers? statements, research and correct discrepancies;
• Maintain suppliers? files;
• Protect organization?s value by keeping information confidential;
• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices;
• Assist in the month end closing; and
• Assist with the other projects as needed.

Keyskills :
General Accountant