Senior Accountant

Position Details

Level : Staff
Employment Status : Full Time
Annual Vacation : One Month
Contract Type : Open
Benefits : End of service benefit.
Probation Period : 3 months
Reports To : Financial Manager - Managers in Head office.
Positions Supervised : Accounts departments in subsidiaries.
Location : Sabah Alsalem
Starting date : 1st December 2018

Main Responsibilities

• Administer the school's accounting operations and bookkeeping


• Review company's accounts and its subsidiaries accounts to make sure that the transaction/vouchers are recorded and processed correctly as well as to ensure the validity and legality of their financial records.


• Follow up the staff in accounts departments, train them if needed.


• Maintain the internal control procedures to record and monitor all accounting transactions.


• To improve the efficiency of processes and identify where processes are not working as they should.


• Recommend possible risk aversion measures and cost savings that could be made.


• Prepare year-end financial statements requirements for external audit purpose.


• Implement and manage accounting system as required.


• Prepare management reports as required

Main Duties:

• Coordinate with finance team to complete assigned accounting tasks within deadlines.


• Supervision the day-to-day operation of the accounting team to ensure and maintain accurate and up to date records of all transactions. 


• Undertaking reviews of all payments before sending to Financial Manager include wages/leaves, monthly rents, suppliers payments as well as any other payments. 


• Checking records and vouchers of accounts departments in subsidiaries to ensure accuracy and to ensure that recording of transactions are doing correctly as well as compliance with laws and with established internal control procedures.


• Inspecting the accounts ledgers in general and suggest/pass the needful transactions according to the needs. 


• Follow up tuition collection to manage the cash flow of the company/schools. 


• Identifying if and where processes are not working as they should and advising on changes to be made. 


• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports as required.


• Perform month-end accounting activities such as bank reconciliations and journal entries.


• Preparing reports, commentaries and other requirements for financial statements (external and internal).


• Prepares and complete external audit work papers and requirements for the company and its subsidiaries by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing them within deadlines. 


• Ensuring that assets are passed correctly in the company books and verifies assets and liabilities by comparing items to documentation.


• Participate in preparation of annual budget and following it during the period to compare the actual with the planned one.


• Evaluate computerized accounting systems and provide recommendations to IT team for performance improvements as well as testing the result.


• Pass holding company transactions in the accounting system when needed.


• Training and monitor junior staff and provide guidance, if needed.

General Administrative Duties

• Prepares and issues periodical reports (Monthly, quarterly, yearly …) and reports upon request related to role duties


• Performs other related, similar or logical duties as required or assigned.


• Communicating effectively with staff and outside parties if needed.