Senior Accountant - R2R
Full Time5 months ago
Job Description
To protect the health of the company’s balance sheet by ensuring thorough review of every balance sheet GL account and testing it through a substantiation process. Ensure accurate, reliable, and timely book closure every month. Support the audit process. Actively engage with stakeholders to drive ‘good health’ of the balance sheet in compliance with IFRS/IAS and the Al Futtaim Group (AFG) policies...
Desired Skills
- Thorough knowledge of accounting practices in compliance with IFRS/IAS
- Very good understanding of what it takes to prepare financial statements and the ultimate impact of accounting on the income statement, statement of cashflow, and the statement of financial position.
- Sound knowledge of taxation laws in the GCC and SEA. Particularly Corporate Income Tax in the U.A.E.
- Critical thinking with an eye for details to identify patterns and a problem-solving attitude is essential to deliver meaningful and actionable insights.
- Ability to analyse financial data using variety tools, including but not limited to MS Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a minimum to achieve result-oriented engagement with stakeholders at different levels within the organisation.
- Manage competing priorities with good organisational and time management skills
- Accuracy in everything. To ensure reliability and appropriate actions, accuracy is paramount whether it is accounting or analysis.
- Business acumen is a pre-requisite to provide meaningful and actionable insights.
- Teamwork in a multicultural work environment is necessary for delivering excellence.
- Self-Starter, JH is required to anticipate emerging trends and issues that have a direct impact on reported numbers
About Al Futtaim Group Dubai, UAE
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim is one of the most progressive regional business houses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Structured into six divisions; automotive, retail, electronics, engineering and technology, real estate, financial services and general services, Al-Futtaim operates through more than 60 companies and maintains a decentralised approach, giving individual businesses flexibility and versatility to maintain a competitive stance.
Employing in excess of 20,000 people across the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Singapore and Europe, this approach benefits employees, providing a clearly defined work culture where individuals are empowered with authority and responsibility for their work.
The success of Al-Futtaim is attributed to proactively managing change whilst upholding the values of integrity, service and social responsibility. The majority of businesses, built on a portfolio of world leading brands, dominate their sector.
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