Fixed Asset & GL Accountant

Job description / Role

This role will be responsible for all accounting tasks associated with:
- Accruals and prepayments
- Month-end journals
- Retail store accounting
- Fixed assets

General Ledger Accounting:
- Abiding by accounting & company financial policies at all times.
- Ensuring constant accuracy and meeting time limits and deadlines.
- Ensures Month-end closing entries for accruals and prepayments are prepared & booked thereby ensuring a smooth closing within the required time frame and at all times honoring the deadlines set
- Ensuring the GL is correctly reflected by booking Journal Entries on a timely basis.
- Responsible for review & posting of manual journal entries.
- Ensure prepaid advance expenses are booked to the Balance Sheet & recorded to the P&L only once they are due in the said period and update excel-file maintaining the correct balances at all times
- Should familiarize themselves with the company chart of accounts / approval matrix in order to be able to identify the correct accounting codes.
- Responsible for reconciliation of trial balance of Accounts Payable accounts to corporate monthly reporting, verifying correct booking of balances.

Reports:
- Is responsible for Preparing & reconciling Balance Sheet Items at the end of every fiscal month for all accrual and prepayment accounts.
- Prepare Reporting Pack at month-end

Fixed Asset Accounting:
- Ownership of managing the fixed assets in all accounting aspects including creation, addition, transfer and disposal recording etc.
- Train Affiliate on creation of fixed asset PO
- Ensuring Fixed Assets Master Data are accurate and conduct Fixed Assets inventory count annually
- Establish regular communication with the wider affiliate on processes and timelines and ensure all queries are responded to while balancing wider Business priorities and policies
- Maintain tracker of actual fixed asset spend compare to planned spend. Send a monthly report of the tracker in summary form
- Liaises with External Accounting firm on a regular basis and is alert to their booking, keeps an eye for deviations from US GAAP and is able to resolve on timely basis.
- Ensures audit compliance while conducting all accounting activities. Should raise concerns appropriately if comes across any expense / activity which might not be exactly audit compliant.
- SOX compliance - Needs to appropriately challenge expenses when they are not SOX compliant.

Salary:
AED 8,000 to 10,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

- Candidate MUST have working experience with SAP
- Knowledge of SOX Compliance & US GAAP is preferred
- Temporary for 6 months with a multinational leading to permanent depending on performance
- Must be available to join immediately

About the Company

Hire Rightt Executive search:

Established in Dubai in 2002, Hire Rightt has become a trusted name for both, clients and potential candidates. Our offices are strategically located in U.A.E., Canada, United States and India; however, our operations are not restricted to these regions. The employees at Hire Rightt maintain the best professional networks to ensure a perfect candidate fit is found for the clients requirements.

Hire Rightt is an executive search company aiming to provide a complete solution for your organizations HR needs. Depending on the enterprise level, our framework is tailored to serve every individual client with the best talent pool. Our proactive efforts as job match makers are dedicated to support both the client as well as the job seekers. Our team is passionate about what they do and well-trained to obtain a complete understanding of job openings, hence ensuring valuable results.