Senior Accountant

Dubizzle Mena

As a Senior Accountant, you will be involved in the reporting process in Egypt. You will support the Group reporting and Group audit process alongside the local statutory audit process. You will get involved with setting up internal control processes for the Egypt finance function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accounting and Internal controls:
• Assist finance manager on the month-end and year-end closing activities as per accounting policies and procedures based on IFRS for Group reporting and local GAAP for statutory reporting.
• Perform General ledger reconciliations, including Intercompany reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations;
• Prepare a final trial balance for relevant entities and financial statements, including disclosures in accordance with IFRS;
• Assist finance manager in analysing financial statements line items;
• Work closely with the Group team based in Dubai on group deliverables;
• Work closely with various finance operations teams such as AR, AP, systems team and FP&A team;
• Prepare workings/accounting papers for various accounting treatments as per IFRS;
• Coordinate with auditors during local statutory audits and group audit-related reporting;
• Develop and implement tool sets and reports that support business needs as and when required;
• Take part in ensuring best practices for the documentation of accounting processes and controls;
• Perform any additional assignments as directed by the finance manager.

VAT and Corporate tax:

• Assist in VAT reporting and compliance;
• Assist in corporate tax reporting and compliance;
• Conduct day-to-day transactional processing and reporting on taxation. This includes the accurate posting of all tax-related entries, including deferred tax;
• Assist the finance manager with any direct and indirect tax queries from tax authorities.

General:

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of financial and accounting operations and systems, procedures and practices considering automation and improvement of business processes;
• Work closely with other finance and non-finance teams to achieve overall reporting objectives;
• Assisted in any other projects or tasks the Group reporting team assigned.

Qualifications

• Qualified/Part Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent);
• Bachelor s degree in Business, Accounting or Finance.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a reputable/listed corporate organisation;
• Experience in reporting role, including financial statements preparation (must);
• Experience working in reputable audit firms (desirable).

Knowledge

• Fluent in both Arabic and English (mandatory);
• Understanding of IFRS and local GAAP applicable in Egypt;
• Knowledge of using Oracle Netsuite or similar systems (desirable).

Skills

• Good business acumen;
• Organizational and accounting skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Traits

• A high attention to detail;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Proactive;
• Meet deadlines.