Chief Accountant

Job description / Role

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Establishes financial status by developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying, and reporting financial information, and managing accounting staff.
• Achieves accounting operational objectives by contributing accounting information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; and implementing change..
• Meets accounting financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Confirms financial status by monitoring revenue and expenses; coordinating the collection, consolidation, and evaluation of financial data; and preparing special reports.
• Maintains accounting controls by establishing a chart of accounts and defining accounting policies and procedures.
• Provides answers to accounting procedure questions when needed
• Maintains financial security by establishing internal controls.
• Reviews monthly payroll prior to commitment by HR, followed by posting of payroll related amounts to correct accounts
• Processing employee expense reports, verifying expenses are within the company guidelines, correcting errors, questioning abnormal expenses and entering data accurate into the accounting system
• Ensures accurate and timely preparation, submission and display of all required financial transactions and maintains detailed and accurate records to accurately retrieve data
• Perform any other function as may be assigned by the Management.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Minimum Experience:
5+ years of experience in the similar role

Minimum Education:
• Bachelor’s degree Finance and Accounts
• Plus CPA or any other certification will be advantage.

Knowledge & Skills:
• Good Communication skills in English (verbal and written) – Arabic in addition preferred
• Good Knowledge of MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Basic knowledge of International standards (IFRS and IAS)
• Knowledge and understanding the cost centre for the manufacturing and services field
• Good knowledge of ERP Software (Odoo Software).

About the Company

A leading technology solutions in UAE.