Associate Accountant

Job description / Role

Job Description
Job Title: Accounting Assistant
Job Family: Finance

In their endeavor to excellence, the fundamental values all our employees must possess are Commitment, Integrity, Empathy and Flexibility

Job Summary:

- The job holder of this position is responsible for a variety of general accounting support tasks to obtain financial data for use in maintaining accounting records.

Key Areas of focus

- Data Review and Compilation
- Data Entry and Book Keeping
- Reconciliation Support
- Business Transactions Review
- Checks Preparation
- Reporting

Key Responsibilities:

Organizational:

- Follow all relevant accounting policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner

Operational:

- Implement activities under close supervision
- Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure case/issue is closed efficiently and in timely a manner Accounting:
- Compile data and prepare a variety of reports
- Prepare and update records for checks' requests and invoices for payment
- Record monthly credit card expense transactions
- Verify and post details of business transactions
- Reconcile records with internal company employees and management, or external vendors or customers
- Assist in major bank reconciliations

Data Entry and Book Keeping:

- Enter data into computer system using defined computer programs (SAP)
- Verify the accuracy of invoices and other accounting documents and records
- Update and maintain accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions (e.g., disbursements, expense vouchers, receipts, accounts payable)

Requirements

Your Profile:

- Team Player
- Communicator
- Organized
- Flexible
- Detail Driven
- University Degree in Accounting
- 0-2 years of experience in the same field

Competencies:

Leadership:

- Prioritizing for Results & Operational Excellence: Foundation

Behavioral:

- Collaborating for Efficiency: Foundation
- Drive, Entrepreneurship and Adaptability: Foundation
- Communicating Effectively: Foundation
- Developing and Managing Self-Awareness: Foundation

Functional:

- Management Reporting, Finance Information System & Variance Analysis: FOUNDATION
- Financial Reporting, Compliance & Accounting Information System: FOUNDATION
- Transactional Accounting and Closing Process: Foundation

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group's success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group's competitive edge in today's market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.