Finance Executive

Job description / Role

The Finance Executive will be required to work as part of the finance team to manage the finance department with responsibility for the monitoring, protection, reporting and the overall financial interests of Mindshare by implementing and adhering to financial best practise at all times.

Additional responsibilities:
- To constantly monitor the remit functionality; to maintain accurate, up-to-date records and submit regular monthly reports to agreed standards as required to ensure the remits effectiveness is maximised and its activities are in line with overall group strategy.
- To summarize financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
- To handle duties related to Accounts Payable, including processing invoices, following up with vendors and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- To handle duties related to Accounts Receivable, including processing payments, producing statement of accounts, collections on overdue accounts and account reconciliation when required.
- To constantly look for ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the remit.
- Additionally the jobholder is expected to suggest and implement improvements to internal procedures and controls to improve efficiency, reduce costs and to promote and protect the business interests of Mindshare wherever possible.
- To carry out duties as tasked, ensuring that Mindshare service standards, objectives, internal policies & procedures and code of conduct are met or exceeded at all times.

Requirements

- Minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role.
- Proficiency in Bookkeeping, financial Reporting, Accounts receivable and payable management, Taxation, and Reporting are a must.
- Strong computer skills are obligatory especially for MS office and accounting systems.
- Very good command in English is a must, Arabic skills are an advantage
- Previous experience with Big 4 Audit firms or finance exposure with a multinational company
- Analytical skills, organisation, attention to detail, decision-making and problem solving are particular characteristics required, as is absolute honesty and integrity.

About the Company

We are Mindshare. The global media network. We are nearly 6,000 people in 82 countries with one aim: to make our clients' brands more famous and more profitable

Our network is always on, always live. Our people are acutely aware of what's happening in their city, their country, their specialist area of expertise. We understand brands, markets and media. Most of all, we understand other people. The people we live with. The people we work with. The people we are.

We are thinkers and doers, relentless in the pursuit of success for our clients. We do this by continually seeking - and usually finding - the perfect connection between their products and potential customers. As our name suggests, we help them gain a greater share of consumers' minds.

In the past, we did this by using our skill and clout to plan and negotiate great deals with broadcasters and publishing houses. In the liberated, unpredictable, spectacular media world of the 21st century, we use our analysis and creativity to commission a group of specialists to create a stream of brilliant ideas and control them as we distribute them around the world.