Accountant, General Ledger

Job purpose

To support daily accounting operations by recording recoveries, processing journal entries, and performing reconciliations to ensure accurate and up-to-date financial records across departments.

Key accountability areas

Recovery support:

Help process and record recoveries for:

Recruitment expenses

IT-related costs

Request for Proposals (RFCs)

Accrued bonuses

Central treasury recoveries

Restaurant-related expenses

10% recovery allocations

EAMAR depreciation charges

Business operations tasks:

Support daily accounting and operations by preparing and entering records for:

Dependent fees (active & inactive)

Iqama fees (active & inactive)

Posting journal entries and helping with:

GL entries from divisions

Internal division entries

Exit re-entry settlements

Iqama & dependent settlements

Sponsorship settlements

Profession change/engineering association fees

Helping with visa-related entries and reconciling:

Visa reconciliations

Travel invoice entries

Assisting in daily and monthly reconciliations:

Daily transaction checks

Daily and monthly bank reconciliations

Bank deposit confirmations (Ceramic – HO)

Coordination with other divisions for account matching

Role accountability

HR proficiency:

Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Delivery:

Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.

Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.

Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-solving:

Solve any related problems that arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business process improvements:

Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

Comply with related policies, procedures, and work instructions.

Health, safety, and environment:

Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.

Academic qualification

Bachelor degree in accounting and finance or any relevant field

Work experience

2 to 4 years

Technical / functional competencies

Asset accounting (AA)

Asset life-cycle management (ALM)

Cost center accounting (CCA)

Equipment leasing

Fixed assets (FA)

General ledger (GL)

Profit recovery

Reconciliation