Senior Accountant; KSA)

Senior Accountant

Location:
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Job Profile:

• Effectively creates and documents a high volume of journal entries with minimal errors and review by supervisors.
• Appropriately discusses and defends work and analyses.
• Will serve as a point of contact to external auditors and other personnel, preparing analyses and schedules, addressing questions, and applying knowledge to resolve routine problems.
• Interacts with peers in other Functions to gather information for analyses and disseminate accounting information.
• Serves as a technical resource to more junior employees.

Responsibilities:

• Performs and possibly supervises accounting sub-function and preparation of reports and statistics detailing financial results.
• Coordinates schedules, activities and reports with other departments.
• Establishes and maintains operating procedures within the context of existing internal controls and company policies.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of journal entries (with appropriate supporting documentation) for the month-end close and accounting transactions.
• Maintains, reconciles and resolves P&L and balance sheet ledger accounts.
• Manage the reporting requirements for statutory and corporate compliance, e.g VAT/WHT, and cash Flow forecast etc.
• Responsible for preparing analysis and schedules for local management as well as internal and external auditors.
• Frequently interacts with peers, outside customers, external auditors and functional group members at various management levels.
• May be asked to train employees in other functions on the proper use of accounting software and tools.
• Ownership of the accounting processes to support balance sheet accruals, provisions, allocations, reclassifications, and other accounting transactions
• Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations or providing technical information concerning specific projects.
• Ad hoc analyses as needed

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in a comparable multi-national organization, with biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience is strongly preferred
• CPA or equivalent qualifications will be plus.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting policies and procedures.
• Prior experience in a comparable organization, with responsibility for such processes as financial reporting, tax, AR/Credit, A/P, etc
• Strong knowledge of integrated Enterprise systems, ideally SAP, and proficiency with Microsoft tools
• Experience in a comparable multi-national organization, with biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience is strongly preferred