Chief Accountant

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: LP127-1337

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a multinational Project Management and Engineering firm which operates in the railway sector. They are currently involved with the management of the Design of a new metro project in Saudi Arabia.

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage the day to day accounting up to the closing process (general and analytical),
- Ensure proper reconciliation of statutory and management accounts and ensure the accuracy and timeliness of accounting
- Produce and review the Financial statements (balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement)
- Interface actively with external auditors and partners
- Optimise accounting and closing processes
- Assist in Systems development as appropriate, ensure maintenance of project accounting system, fixed asset accounting system and cost center accounting system
- Compile and gather relevant tax information, monitor the adherence to the Joint Venture and regulatory tax guidelines, create and produce tax reports (WHT, etc...)
- Manage the Accounting Team
- Support the finance and cost control team

Requirements

- Accounting qualification
- Experience in the construction sector
- Experience in the GCC
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as chief or senior accountant
- Good relational skills, ability to communicate in a clear and effective way
- Experience in Accounting system (sun system, sap, etc...)
- To show initiative and to be able to work autonomously
- Dynamic and pro active
- Good understanding of English language
- Good practice in main office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Willing to work 60 hours per week (10 hours/day, 6 days/week)

About the Company

Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions: