Senior Accountant

Banking Relationships:

• Maintain good communication with banks and support the Finance Manager on all bank related correspondences.
• Research on new services/products offered by the banks and analyze the suitability for the company.
• Ensure company's listing on all banks possible to enhance the company's image and support for all employees.
• Adhoc bank related tasks as assigned by the finance Manager.

Cashflow:

• Support the Finance Manager in all aspects of Cashflow as delegated.
• Track fund flow situation in the absence of Finance Manager.
• Routine negotiation with all business partners to disperse out cash flow to meet working capital requirements.
• Regular coordination with collection team to ascertain weekly forecast of collections.
• Assist the Finance Manager on collections from LC customers through regular monitoring of sales and deliveries.
• Coordinate with Sales team/salesman to improve the LC sales cycle by speeding up deliveries and collection.
• Liase with document controller on status of delivery notes/invoice acknowledgement.
• Act as a strong mediator for Purchase department to negotiate payouts.
• Involvement in supplier analysis and work to get better credit terms

Raw Material Import/Clearance

• Keep track on shipments post order placement.
• Follow up with Banks regarding documents for imports.
• Liaise with clearing agent for clearance procedures and delivery of goods to factory premises.

Projects Accounting (SUPPLY APPLY)

• Review Contracts/LOI during the draft stage with Projects Dept. to understand the general scope of execution.
• Invoice billing for Projects Department.
• Liaising with Project engineers on all aspects of Contracts accounting, reconciliation, follow ups.
• Inventory checks on sites in coordination with Project Engineers.
• Subcontractor payables accounting and follow ups
• Delegating minor projects related accounting tasks to junior accountants.
• Documenting contract copies
• Negotiating with subcontractors for payments with the guidance of Line Manager

Operational checks * Conduct random and monthlychecks on Stores inventory

• Physical verification of material on project sites to account for consumption and stocks levels
• Checks on physical inventory transfers between locations/project sites.
• Minimize storage risks by evaluating inventory and consumption patterns in liaison with procurement department.General Accounting
• Provide guidance to junior accountants on all general accounting functions.
• Perform general tasks in the absence of junior staff.
• Delegate bank reconciliation tasks to junior accountants
• Support the team on cheque deposits
• Perform cashier related tasks to cover up any team member absence as and when delegated.
• Take responsibility of petty cash handling in the absence of any team member
• Any other tasks as assigned by Line Manager

Attendance and Payroll

• Support the Finance Manager in aspects of Payroll accounting as delegated.
• Extracting attendance summaries for hired labours/projects on a case-to-case basis to base calculations.

Coporate TAX and VAT : submit all reports are on timely basis

Training and Development

• Be a role model to junior staff within the department
• Guide junior staff on accounting and summary preparation.
• Suggest ways to improve the general process flow of accounting methodology, records tracking and summaries
• Provide ideas to IT team to develop new custom reports that can simplify analysis or reconciliations.

Qualifications:

• Should be Bachelor's degree in Accounts
• Must have minimum 3-4 years of working experience in same role.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, Tally and mailing system.
• Relevant software skills (On-Job training to be provided).
• Strong numerical skills.
• Multitasking ability.
• Preferably contracting accounting background.
• Requirement to pass the appropriate company test for the position

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Sharjah: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)