Accountant - Logistics (Contract)

Key Responsibilities

1. Cash Management: Process and record cash management transactions, including miscellaneous receipts and immigration payments.
2. Shareholders’ Loans: Maintain loan schedules, reconcile balances, and book interest income and repayments.
3. Bank Loans: Record availment, repayments, amortization of fees, and closure of loans upon vessel disposal.
4. Intercompany Transactions: Initiate, approve, and record entries via AGIS and Oracle GL, including debit notes and memos.
5. Month-End Closing: Prepare and post accruals, revaluations, recurring entries, and investment-related adjustments.
6. Reconciliations: Review balance sheet and P&L accounts and prepare monthly bank and account reconciliations.
7. Business Finance Activities: Process entries for vessel disposals, refunds, receivable reclassifications, and fixed asset/stock verifications.
8. Management Reporting & Analysis: Support budgeting, upload data to Cognos, prepare management reports, assist in QBRs, and perform asset impairment evaluations.
9. Business Support: Provide financial insights, pricing and cost models, and forecasts for business performance.
10. Governance & Compliance: Implement finance policies, ensure internal control compliance, and highlight necessary policy updates.
11. Stakeholder Relations: Coordinate with internal teams, auditors, and external parties on financial and reporting matters.
12. Audit & Reporting Support: Prepare schedules and provide data for internal and external audits.
13. HSEQ Compliance: Ensure adherence to Milaha’s Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality standards and participate in related initiatives.
14. Other Duties: Assist in preparing business performance presentations and perform other assigned tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Professional Qualifications like C.A., ACCA, CIMA etc. or equivalent is preferred
• 3 - 5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting or related business discipline
• Exposure to IFRS is preferable
• Prior experience in Shipping, Maritime and/ or logistics business/ industry is preferred
• Middle East experience is preferable
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office applications and ERP software
• Proficient in English (must have) - Arabic (desirable)
• Good knowledge of contemporary theories and practices related to Accounting and Finance