Senior Accountant - (1745-SA)

The candidate will be responsible to manage and control the companies portfolio under the direct supervision of the Group Accounting Director. The candidate will be the main contact person to base managers, local CFO, Tax and accounting compliance services company and legal auditors.

Our Client is seeking to recruit a Senior Accountant for its operation.  

Responsibilities:

. Implementation and integration of these new companies in respect of current process and methodologies in relation and cooperation with the team, Group Accounting Director and base manager

. AP and GL accounting processing

. AP payment proposal preparation

. Review and prepare payment instructions for transfers upon request

. Filing

. Bank process and postings

. Manage and review bank reconciliations

. Suppliers following and reconciliations

. Review and preparation of VAT (monthly)

. Preparation of monthly, quarterly closing activities

. Preparation of annual accounts for management purposes and in accordance with IAS and IFRS for filing with regulators

. Review and ensure that all invoices received from creditors are properly input on accounting system

. Manage related party transaction and reconciliation both on the income statement and on the statement of financial position on a monthly basis

. Direct relation with base managers, local CFO and Tax and accounting compliance services company

Profile:

. ACCA 3 partly qualified or total, end of ACCA 2 or equivalent

. At least 5 years experience

. Strong leadership skills and ability to meet deadlines

. Knowledge in French Accountings

. Fluent in English and French

. Dynamic and Self motivated

. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications such as Excel, Word, Outlook

. Previous experience on Sage Pastel will be an advantage

. Be able to work within a team and under pressure

. Ready to work in shift system

. Autonomous, independent, proactivity, relationship and future quality of management, compliance with deadline