AR Accountant

Job description / Role

Job Description

• Maintain and review all long-term contracts (rent, utilities, maintenance, etc.) to determine due receivables and process them in due time.
• Review all lines of business (LoBs) received requests to issue invoices to ensure that they are allowable and authorized.
• Review and receive invoice requests from all the LoBs and process the invoices for customers.
• Ensure the adequate accounting cycle for customer orders and sales orders by reviewing the customer balance in the process of issuing customer invoices.
• Review down payments from customers.
• Send periodic statements of accounts to customers to ensure that the company's receivables match the customers' balance.
• Prepare monthly accounts receivable (AR) package.
• Prepare AR expected credit loss (ECL) calculation.
• Establish excellent working relationships within functions across the organization to ensure that the business priorities are implemented effectively.
• Analyze financial and business performance against key business metrics.
• Perform financial modeling and ad hoc financial analyses of divisional financial performance to support strategic planning processes.

Personal Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical skills, strong work ethic, and detail-oriented
• Ability to create and give presentations to executive management
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent command of English

Technical Skills

• B.Sc. in Accounting, CMA is a plus
• 2-5 years of experience in a similar position
• Knowledge and understanding of general financial, accounting (GAAP and IAS), and business principles

Education

B.Sc. in Commerce

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.