Job Description
- To prepare and book operating expenses in accordance with Group finance manual.
- To review and post bookings from another team member to ensure strong controls.
- To perform daily and recurrent tasks (monthly entries, quarterly forecasts, yearly budget) as per the Group deadlines and IFRS requirements.
- To initiate and drive improvement in current accounting processes and to control proper implementation.
- To support other departments in driving process improvements in all accounting related processes.
- To support Accounting Team Manager in administering accounting system maintenance.
- To meet the set timelines of the Accounting Team Manager for the month end closing process of two companies.
- To monitor and reconcile the monthly B/S and P&L movements within Trade Purchasing, Inventory, Cost of Sales, Run/update GRAPE 11 Table & Reconcile vs. BS
- To handle the lease agreements and payments according to IFRS16.
- To maintain a promote Fixed Assets process through acquisitions and disposals.
- To perform the bank reconciliation between the books and actual bank balances.
- To monitor and clear Goods in Transit accounts on a weekly basis in AIE & ASG.
- To monitor and clear the monthly accruals and provisions.
- To monitor and reconcile the group payables & intercompany balances, and the payments planning.
- To ensure proper compliance of accounting processes and policies with the Group Internal guidelines (ICS).
- To highlight control deficiencies to Senior Management and implement solutions to close control gaps.
- To ensure proper submission of financial reports to the external auditors.
- To control the Head Office safe custody.
- To submit all payments requests in line with the defined cut-off times.
Controlling
- To measure progress on own KPIs.
- To highlight any deviations to agreed plans to the Accounting Team Manager.
- To ensure a strong internal control environment in Accounting, with a strong focus.
KPIs
- Accuracy on all booking and reporting.
- Clean system bookkeeping.
- Score of the ICS/internal audit for the Retail accounting and AP part.
- Satisfaction of internal (other functions, Management) and external parties (Auditors…).
- Reliable financial feasibility analysis (submission of RFC and Budget within dedicated area of responsibility).
Key Relationships
- All local departments
- Retail Stores
- Vendors
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Commercial acumen: Very good numerical and analytical skills.
- Good written and verbal communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
- Fluent English (verbal and written).
- Strong MS-Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), proficient in MS Office.
- Strong SAP knowledge is must.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree in business with corporate finance, or accounting focus.
- Certified CMA, IFRS,..etc. is plus and preferred.
- Functional: > 6 years accounting and controlling.
- Industry: ideally apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG.
- Exposure: Audit, tax, insurance.
IT skills
- Outlook: Basic
- Word: Basic
- Excel: Expert
- PowerPoint: Advanced
- English: Fluent
- Arabic: Fluent
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