Financial Accounting Specialist
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
- Record and post manual and system-generated journal entries in SAP.
- Ensure accuracy completeness and proper supporting documentation for accounting entries.
- Prepare accruals prepayments provisions and adjusting entries.
- Maintain proper mapping of transactions to GL accounts and cost centers.
- Perform monthly reconciliations for balance sheet accounts.
- Reconcile bank AR/AP control inventory payroll and intercompany accounts.
- Investigate and resolve reconciliation differences on a timely basis.
- Maintain reconciliation schedules with proper documentation for audit purposes.
- Support monthly and year-end closing activities.
- Ensure transactions are recorded in the correct accounting period.
- Review GL balances and identify abnormal movements.
- Propose adjusting entries when required.
- Assist in preparing trial balance and financial reporting schedules.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS SOCPA and internal finance policies.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 3 to 6 years of experience in General Ledger or Financial Accounting.
- SOCPA certification is require..
- Hands-on SAP experience is required.
- Strong knowledge of General Ledger accounting.
- Experience in account reconciliations.
- Knowledge of month-end and year-end closing.
- Knowledge of IFRS and SOCPA requirements.
- Pharmaceutical or manufacturing industry experience is preferred only not mandatory.
- Strong English communication skills are required.
Required Skills:
Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance. 7 to 10 years of experience in financial reporting General Ledger or audit. SOCPA certification is or CPA certification is preferred. Strong knowledge of financial statement preparation. Experience in managing audit processes. Advanced Excel and SAP / ERP systems knowledge. Advanced knowledge of IFRS zakat withholding tax and financial reporting. Pharmaceutical or manufacturing industry experience is preferred only not mandatory. Leadership and team management experience is required. Saudi nationality is preferred. Strong English communication skills are required.