Summary:
The Accounting Manager is responsible for all areas relating to financial reporting. This position will develop and maintain accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements. The Accounting Manager supervises 3 to 4 staff accountants and is responsible for managing the team to ensure that work is properly allocated and completed promptly and accurately. This position addresses tight deadlines and many accounting activities including general ledger preparation, financial reporting, yearend audit preparation, and the support of forecast activities.
Role and responsibilities:
Operations:
- Approves all journal entries and accruals prepared by general ledger accountants.
- Responsible for the monthly close as well as maintenance of all accounting ledgers.
- Ensure the accuracy, quality, efficiency, and completion of all balance sheet reconciliations and identify and communicate findings.
- Review bank reconciliations and approve related journal entries
- Establish and maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions
- Maintain a checklist with all regular tax declarations and filings and compliance with local laws and regulations
Reporting:
- Monitor and evaluate accounting data and produce monthly financial reports or statements
- Prepare the annual statutory financial statements and the reconciliation between corporate and statutory books.
Other:
- Coordinate and complete annual audits
- Implement the Firm's Accounting Policies and interpret guidance regarding accounting transactions.
- Work with internal and external auditors during reviews and audits to ensure full compliance from accounting staff and compliance with all qualified requests.
- Assist in the development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department
- Handle personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance issues, etc.
- Supports budget and forecasting activities.
- Support internal projects to have process narrative documented and key preventive and detective controls in place for major financial statement cycles
- Perform other tasks as assigned by the Finance manager
- Supervise payroll, billing, receivables, payables, and cash processes.
- Provide recommendations
- Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.
- Assists the finance manager in the implementation of the company's policies and procedures along with internal and SOX controls.
- Ensure accuracy and update of our banking mandate.
Desired skills and experience:
- Bachelor's degree in commerce (CPA is advantageous)
- Fluent in English and Arabic (both written and spoken)
- 13 - 16 years experience.
- Enhanced communication skills
- Enhanced knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office.
- Good knowledge of accounting and taxes
- Good organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong analytical skills. Detail-oriented and able to work and interpret figures and other financial information.
- Ability to address issues and effect change.
- A can-do attitude and positive character with the ability to manage expectations.
