Country Accountant

Mott MacDonald

Qatar

Ref: NP567-29

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Mott MacDonald is a £1.1 billion management, engineering and development consultancy with 16,000 staff and a global reach spanning six continents. Our network of 180 principal offices in 140 countries gives us local market insight backed by world class expertise to deliver excellence for every client.

We are now looking to recruit a Country Accountant who will be responsible for all financial matters affecting Company operations in Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Principal Accountabilities
Will include, but not be limited to:

- Responsibility for the financial reporting (FiFi), credit management, taxation, treasury (including banking, mandates, bonds), and internal controls in the Country. Management and co-ordination of Division finance team with active role in training and performance development.

- Assisting Divisional Managers with preparation and evaluation of business plans and project proposals. Assessment of the financial aspects of contracts in order to facilitate invoicing and payments and to identify grounds for additional fees.

- Responsible for production and interpretation of monthly management accounts for the Division; controlling financial performance by monitoring and improving project profitability, staff utilization and overheads control, and cashflow management.

- Management of working capital to ensuring prompt processing of invoicing; including maintenance of a billing diary, investigation and clearance of any invoicing queries.

- Regular meetings with Divisional and sub-Divisional managers to assist in the review of projects, recognize corrective actions, identify claims for additional fees and changes to staff requirements. Provide financial information for projects for both project and Divisional management.

- Assist in the maintenance of the project control system and finance training of engineers to enable them to understand and interpret financial information, ensuring accurate project budgeting and revenue recognition.

- Supervision of the production of annual budgets and forecasts at sub-divisional level, and consolidation to Division level.

- Production of statutory accounts, branch and tax returns for Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.

- Co-ordinate project and country compliance with Group Directives including insurances, trade licenses and registrations as required.

Mott MacDonald is an equal opportunities employer

Requirements

Requirements:

- Newly qualified accountant with 2 years + relevant experience within a similar role.
- Proven ability to produce accurate management reports to tight deadlines
- Strong analytical ability with effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent English with Arabic preferred
- Based in Doha and willing to undertake business travel

About the Company

The Mott MacDonald Group is a diverse management, engineering and development consultancy delivering solutions for public and private clients world-wide.

Mott MacDonald's uniquely diverse 1 billion global consultancy works across 12 core business areas.

As one of the world's largest employee-owned companies with over 14,000 staff, we have principal offices in nearly 50 countries and projects in 140.

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