Ref: HP698-10786

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Accountant (x2) - IKEA - Cairo Festival City - Cairo, Egypt

- Review all import shipments documents and record the required entries related.
- Control clearing agencies accounts and manages their payments.
- Supplier Reconciliation
- Customs account monitoring
- Prepare monthly sales tax analysis
- Record all travel expenses and analyze the travel expenses account.
- Petty Cash Accounts & related G.L Entries.

Internal / External audit
Support the department managers to prepare for audits and has to ensure that auditors queries and requirements for any supporting evidence etc. are provided during the audit.

Requirements

- A University degree in Accounting
- A large-scale Retail experience
- Desirable to have detailed know how of the IKEA Concept in order to implement it
- Mathematical & analytical skills
- SAP / Navision experience
- Excellent Microsoft skills
- 3 years minimum experience in Accounting

Job-Specific Skills:
- Excellent Arabic and English communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to plan, organize and implement.

Behavioural Competencies:
- Interpersonal Skills
- Problem Solving
- Confident
- Multi-tasking
- Prioritizing

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.

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