General Accountant

We are looking for a General Accountant for a leading company. Responsibilities Assist the Finance Manager in managing the company ledgers. Set-up general ledger accounts with required levels of details: Managerial/Analytical Codes. Mapping of ledger accounts to Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and any other required report as per reporting pack. Check and ensure consistency of account ledger codes - create new where required, delete non-required and change settings as per requirements. Completing bank reconciliations and ensure reconciling items are well explained. Bank reconciliation is to be performed on a weekly basis and follow-up should be done with concerned parties for reconciling items. End-of month reconciliation should be finalised on 2nd working day M+1 with final explanations for ALL reconciling items. Assist the treasurer in the set-up automated bank reconciliation and hedging. Ongoing project - training will be given to the accountant. Processing operating, administrative & financial expenses and provisions in the system as per requirements. Daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly expenses to be processed in correct GL accounts. Analysis of expenses to be followed-up by division and variances compared to budget to be explained. Preparing monthly accounts ledger analysis and check all entries are posted to correct accounts. Accounts Checking Sheets (as per Group standard template) to be prepared monthly with all Balance Sheet GL Accounts balances explained and approved by the FM. GL transactions matching to be performed monthly to keep 'pending transactions' only as per accounts balances and explanations in checking sheets. Provisions to be matched against respective charges in the respective GL accounts. Any shortage of provision should be immediately alerted and adjusted. Maintain fixed assets register and carry out assets inventories as per company policy. Liaise with the admin assistant to ensure all fixed assets are in the fixed assets register. Process monthly depreciation of fixed assets in general ledger and updated in the register. Process disposals and acquisition of assets and update fixed assets register accordingly. Ad-hoc assistance to stakeholders and auditors in any query and requirement. Reconcile Inventories (Stock and Goods in Transit) monthly between general ledger and supply chain reports. Approved reports from supply chain should be matched with ledger balances - ALL differences should be analysed, explained and cleared within the next month. Set-up monthly meetings where stock reconciliation between (1) physical and supply chain; and (2) supply chain and general ledger are presented and explained. Attend physical stock take every end-of year and ensure instructions forwarded by the FM are followed. Reconcile Intercompany transactions in general ledger accounts. Intercompany Turnover to be determined in ledger accounts and reported Group reporting pack. Assist the Finance Manager in Monthly Management Accounts Reporting, Budget and any other requirement. Prepare VAT declaration and upload in the FTA portal. Quarterly VAT Declaration + file to maintain with ALL documents for FTA. Follow-up Insurance Claims with the suppliers, insurance companies and logistic team. Follow-up of deposits. Maintain ledger balances with available deposits by third party (JAFZA, Dubai Chamber). Follow-up consumption of the deposits and update ledgers accordingly. Process claim where required. Act as Back-up for the Debtors Accountant and Admin assistant. Assist the Finance Manager in Business Control tasks. Creation of provisions - defining their nature and settings in the accounting system. Defining reports creation as per internal and external requirements (reports by Business Unit, Products, Cost Centres, any other requirement). Reviewing system reports settings and analyse to propose improvements. Assist in building up reporting pack by division and follow-up with system reports as backup. #J-18808-Ljbffr