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Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Local Chief Accountant - MENA

Work Area: Finance
Expected Travel: 0 - 10%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries innovate through simplification. From the back office to the boardroom, warehouse to storefront, on premise to cloud, desktop to mobile device - SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.

The Local Chief Accountant (LCA) is responsible for the management of the accounting and financial reporting of the legal entities (at current 7) under his/her responsibility. This comprises the orchestration of the different parties involved in the accounting processes (shared services and centers of expertise), the correctness of the financial statements, control over the integrity of the accounting records and the monthly IFRS Group reporting, statutory financial statements and other local financial reporting requirements, local internal controls over financial reporting (including SOX 404 where applicable) and the management of the external audit.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
* Responsible for delivery of timely and accurate IFRS Group financial results, Analytical Review for the entities
* Monitor the entities meets full internal and external audit requirements including SOX 404 where applicable.
* Ensure the statutory accounts and other required financial reports for the entities are prepared, audited and filed on time and according to applicable requirements.
* Manage relationship with external accounting service provider where applicable.
* Monitor correctness and compliance of accounting relevant data of all finance processes.
* Ensure full compliance with local reporting regulations with the support of external service advisors where applicable. (Local reporting as identified to be an R2R responsibility.) Manage related system maintenance to adapt to local financial reporting needs.
* Ensure a high level of satisfaction of those who use the financial reports prepared and build good business relations with key stakeholders.
* Establish pro-actively a collaboration model and routine with the corresponding CFO.
* Manage relationship with Global Finance Shared Services (GFSS), Corporate Financial Reporting (CFR), external service provider and other internal service providers or global functions, act as accounting Single Point of Contact (SPOC) from local entities side and monitor service quality.
* Ensure that all corporate changes are incorporated into the local accounting where applicable.
* Ensure correct IFRS accounting for the responsible legal entities based on group accounting and other internal guidelines as well as the corresponding statutory accounting.
* Support M&A accounting processes as required.
* Coordinate accounting for liquidations and mergers of legal entities no longer required following acquisition with external or internal advisors.
* Support projects covering the entities under responsibility.
* Strive for process standardization where needed and applicable by giving pro-actively input to relevant process management.

Requirements

* Accounting Education
* Minimum 8 years practical accounting experience in a company or audit firm
* Strong knowledge of policies, procedures, principles and practices used in professional accounting and auditing work
* Strong expertise in IFRS and expertise in the laws, codes, rules and regulations applicable to the entities under responsibility
* Expertise in SAP's accounting processes
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Ability to work in an international environment, working with colleagues abroad
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Problem identification and solving skills

COMPETENCIES:
* Project Management
* Dynamic, Innovative and Problem Resolution focused
* Ability to anticipate and manage change

About the Company

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends SAP's leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide.

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