Senior Accountant

Job Purpose

To oversee and execute the end-to-end Accounts department function, ensuring all financial transactions are accurately recorded, compliant with applicable regulations, and maintained in a timely and up-to-date manner to support effective financial management and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, monitor, and reconcile all vendor account balances on a monthly basis and produce accurate, timely vendor reports for management review.
• Drive the timely and accurate processing of all accounts payable transactions, ensuring strict adherence to authorisation and approval procedures at every stage.
• Review and validate supplier invoices for completeness of documentation and approvals, perform three-way matching against purchase orders and contracts, and oversee monthly supplier payment preparation.
• Coordinate proactively with banking partners to resolve all payment-related issues efficiently and within acceptable turnaround times.
• Maintain and reconcile the cash book on an ongoing basis, ensuring balance accuracy and that sufficient liquidity is available to meet all operational and payment commitments without delay.
• Oversee the reconciliation of all corporate credit card transactions in compliance with company policies, ensuring accurate posting, timely review, and closure within the monthly reporting cycle.
• Manage the petty cash function in full compliance with company policies and procedures, ensuring proper documentation, adequate controls, and timely reconciliation within the monthly closing process.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger through accurate journal entries, precise invoice coding, thorough account analysis, reconciliation, and timely account balancing.
• Design, maintain, and enforce strong systems of internal control to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and adequacy of accounting records and documentation, and ensure all documents are properly checked and approved in accordance with the authorised signatory matrix.
• Ensure full and timely compliance with all statutory and government-related financial obligations, including VAT returns, Withholding Tax filings, and Social Protection Fund contributions, in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Manage the document management system for all finance-related records, including journals, ledgers, period closings, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash disbursements, and periodic financial reports.
• Prepare and ensure all management-related reports are delivered to management without fail and within stipulated deadlines.
• Coordinate and manage all internal and external audit requirements, ensuring timely submission of requested information, responses, and reports within stipulated deadlines.

Qualifications \& Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• 10\+ years of experience in the same field.
• Knowledge and experience in:

-ERP Accounting Systems.

-Advanced Excel Skills is a must

-General ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and accounts reconciliation.

-IFRS standards.

Competencies:

• Leadership
• Business and Financial Acumen
• Planning and organizing
• Time Management
• Problem solving
• Team working
• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Contractors/Suppliers

Language:

Fluency in Arabic and English is highly valued.

In line with our Omanization initiatives and commitment to developing talent, this position is open to Omani Nationals only.