Chief Accountant

Job description / Role

The Main Purpose of the role:
- The supervision of accounting department and operation of methods and systems for measuring and reporting statutory financial statements, ensuring their integrity, accuracy, reliability and timeliness.
- The development and operation of the procedures and systems to make payments, collect monies and post, record and authorize transactions and provisions.
- To ensure the transaction systems accurately and reliably process the revenues and expenses of the business in compliance with SOX guidelines.
- The application of appropriate accounting principles to generate accounting records that support both local IFRS and US GAAP requirements.

The main areas of responsibility:
- Review daily bookings
- Ensure monthly bank reconciliation is completed
- Control and monitor the weekly payment run
- Review treasury forecast
- Ensure weekly reports are completed on time
- Review vendor creation forms for Accounts Payable
- Ensure supplier contracts are in adherence with company policy
- Review customer applications from Sales Department
- Create General Ledger Accounts
- Review all new accounts
- Review all daily entries to ensure booking is correct and supporting documents received
- Arrange monthly closing tasks to meet corporate requirements
- Prepare monthly financial reports

Dimensions of the Job (targets):
- Adherence to closing deadlines and weekly reports

Department interaction:
- Interaction with all subordinates on a daily basis
- Procurement for vendor creation forms
- Warehouse for customer returns
- All departments for payment requests

Flexibility in having to carry out a range of different tasks:
- Very structured role have to meet guidelines set by corporate

Work allocation, review and approval:
- Allocated from Management and Corporate
- Routine payments approved by Chief Accountants
- Ad hoc payments or requests reviewed and approved by Finance Manager

Decision making authority:
- Makes decisions on all routine tasks, all other decisions are made by management

Contacts made with others outside of Del Monte:
- Vendors/Customers
- Bank

Requirements

- Accounts qualification and 5+ years experience
- Experience of Receivables, Payable and Treasury accounting
- Audit and Internal Controls exposure
- Reporting skills
- Strong excel knowledge
- Time Management skills
- Ability to prioritize and organize
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Leadership
- Management skills

Equipments/Tools used:
- SAP
- Cognos
- Excel
- MS Office

About the Company

Del Monte Foods (U.A.E) FZE is a part of Fresh Del Monte Produce, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, as well as a leading producer and distributor of prepared fruit and vegetables, juices, beverages, snacks and desserts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Fresh Del Monte Produce markets its fresh products worldwide under the Del Monte brand, a symbol of product quality, freshness and reliability for more than 120 years.