Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

To perform solid bookkeeping, both compliant internally (Group policies and guidelines) and externally (local audit/tax requirements) by establishing strong controls and processes with a focus on Trade/ Non-Trade Purchasing, E2E process for cost STD/VAR, Fixed Assets, IFRS 16 and General Ledger.

Key Responsibilities:

• To prepare and book operating expenses in accordance with Group finance manual.
• To review and post bookings from another team member to ensure strong controls.
• To perform daily and recurrent tasks (monthly entries, quarterly forecasts, yearly budget) as per the Group deadlines and IFRS requirements.
• To initiate and drive improvement in current accounting processes and to control proper implementation.
• To support other departments in driving process improvements in all accounting related processes.
• To support Accounting Team Manager in administering accounting system maintenance.
• To meet the set timelines of the Accounting Team Manager for the month end closing process of two companies.
• To monitor and reconcile the monthly B/S and P&L movements within Trade/Non-Trade Purchasing, Inventory, Cost of Sales, Leases with IFRS16, Fixed Assets, Treasury and GL.
• To Run/update GRAPE 11 Table & Reconcile vs. BS
• To monitor and clear Goods in Transit accounts on a weekly basis in AIE & ASG.
• To monitor and clear the monthly accruals and provisions.
• To monitor and reconcile the group payables & intercompany balances, and the payments planning.
• To ensure proper compliance of accounting processes and policies with the Group Internal guidelines (ICS).
• To highlight control deficiencies to Senior Management and implement solutions to close control gaps.

• To ensure proper submission of financial reports to the external auditors.
• To control the Head Office safe custody.
• To submit all payments requests in line with the defined cut-off times.

Controlling:

• To measure progress on own KPIs.
• To highlight any deviations to agreed plans to the Accounting Team Manager.
• To ensure a strong internal control environment in Accounting, with a strong focus.

KPIs:

• Accuracy on all booking and reporting.
• Clean system bookkeeping.
• Score of the ICS/internal audit for the Retail accounting and AP part.
• Satisfaction of internal (other functions, Management) and external parties (Auditors…).
• Reliable financial feasibility analysis (submission of RFC and Budget within dedicated area of responsibility).

Key Relationships:

• All local departments
• Retail Stores
• Vendors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Commercial acumen: Very good numerical and analytical skills.
• Good written and verbal communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Fluent English (verbal and written).
• Strong MS-Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), proficient in MS Office.
• Strong SAP knowledge is required.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business with corporate finance, or accounting focus.
• Functional: > 5 years accounting and controlling.
• Industry: ideally apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG.
• Exposure: Audit, tax, insurance.

IT skills:

• Outlook: Basic
• Word: Basic
• Excel: Expert
• PowerPoint: Advanced

Language skills:

• English: Fluent
• Arabic: Fluent