Senior Accountant

Job description / Role

Senior Accountant (KSA)

The Senior Accountant is responsible for supervising and follow up on financial and accounting operations.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Recording daily accounting transactions including fixed assets, Inventory, Sales, Cash…
• Running of all the financial affairs of the company.
• Maintain integrity of accounting system to ensure that it remains effective and operational at all times.
• Analyse business performance and results
• Prepare and analyse all the deliverables requested locally or by the head quarter.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations and follow up on identified discrepancies.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness and validity of all financial transactions.
• Perform periodical and year-end procedures related to the closing process.
• Comply with the year-end closing process and requirements as circulated by head office including cut off procedures for expenses and receipts, physical count, reporting package.
• Maintain and update files and records of all agreements and contracts, important management decisions and correspondence, bank records, HR information etc.
• Identify all the critical issues in the entity including the budget adequacy, compliance of local laws and regulations, major disputed or outstanding amounts etc.
• Establish internal financial controls
• Manage the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures and ensure their compliance with international, national standard and best practices.
• Collate all relevant information to produce end of year statutory accounts for the company.

Requirements

Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field is a must. Professional certification is preferred.

Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience. Experience in the media industry is preferred.

Knowledge: Financial accounting principles, review and audit techniques / International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) / International taxation and transfer pricing principles / Industry knowledge in the media sector / Accounting systems especially in ERP.

About the Company

beIN MEDIA GROUP LLC was incorporated in January 2014 and became the official owner of the global sports network, beIN Sports. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of beIN Media Group is Nasser Al-Khelafi. The company is a Private Institution for Public Benefit by as established by the Emir of Qatar in 2013 under Qatari Sports Investments which is operated by Al Jazeera Media Network.

beIN Sports as a brand was first launched in June 2012 in France. On 31 December 2013, Al Jazeera Sport was spun off from Al Jazeera Media Network and also rebranded as BeIN Sports.beIN SPORTS has 34 channels worldwide including 6 HD channels and broadcasts across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

The strategy, aside from building the beIN premium sports network, is to develop the group's ambitions in sports and entertainment in production, distribution and digital media sectors.

In October 2014, it was announced that beIN Media Group had agreed to acquire pay-TV sports channel Setanta Sports Australia, with Setanta being rebranded as beIN Sports Australia.