Chief Accountant

Job description / Role

A leading Manufacturing Company based in Riyadh looking to hire a Chief Accountant

Purpose: Manage the general accounting activities (G/L, AR, AP), work on developing them, and ensure their proper implementation as per preset policies and procedures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure general accounting policies and procedures are properly implemented within the domain of his duties.
- Review all Journal, receipt, payment vouchers, and daily cash position summary submitted by subordinates as per financial policies and procedures.
- Receive; review and process supporting documents related to general ledger transactions, after ensuring its authorization.
- Follow up daily sales and collections, and booked expenses and Check daily reports and transactions.
- Review monthly fixed assets transactions update and period end closing of accounts.
- Work on verifying that balancing and reconciling of sub-ledgers with the General Ledger are adequately performed.
- Maintain accounts up to date by ensuring timely and accurate posting of GL transactions
- Ensure that prevailing exchange rate obtained from Treasury staff were thoroughly reviewed, entered into GL system and correctly validated.
- Work on closing the periods end and fiscal year following pre-set policies and procedures, as per direct superior instructions.
- Ensure the maintenance of accounting books, registers, files, and reports to meet the legal, managerial, and governmental requirements
- Oversee reconciliations with third parties, as per preset policies and procedures
- Assume the authorities assigned to him in the authorities schedule

Requirements

- University Degree in accounting is required MBA is a plus.
- 7 years experience as Chief Accountant preferred in the Manufacturing field
- Must have good communication skills in English
- Must be Arabic speaker
- Must be good in MS Excel

About the Company

A leading manufacturer of Melamine Tableware in the Middle East.