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About the Role

alfanar is seeking a General Accountant to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role is crucial for supporting invoicing, payment tracking, and accounts receivable reporting processes. The successful candidate will ensure accurate financial records, prepare timely reports, and provide essential data insights to sales and finance teams, enabling effective follow-up on outstanding accounts and maintaining customer account integrity.

Core Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and issuance of accurate and timely customer invoices based on approved sales and delivery data.
• Record incoming payments and ensure accurate application to customer accounts.
• Ensure all invoicing and payment records are properly documented and maintained.
• Monitor customer account balances and payment trends, highlighting overdue or irregular accounts to the sales team.
• Generate periodic aging reports and exception lists to support sales in following up with clients.
• Provide data and analysis to assist sales in addressing payment-related issues with customers.

Financial Reporting and Reconciliation

• Reconcile accounts receivable ledgers to ensure accurate posting of payments and credit memos.
• Prepare monthly AR summaries, aging reports, and trend analyses for management and sales review.
• Support the finance team during month-end closing by submitting accurate and timely reports.

Customer Support and Documentation

• Document billing discrepancies and flag unresolved issues for the sales or customer service teams to address.
• Respond to internal inquiries regarding customer account statuses or payment history.
• Track the resolution of disputes and escalate issues as necessary for sales action.
• Maintain organized and updated records of invoices, payments, and account adjustments.
• Coordinate with sales, finance, and customer service teams to ensure account information is accurate and up to date.
• Support internal audits and reporting by providing required AR documentation and data.

Required Experience

Candidates should possess 2 to 5 years of relevant experience in accounting, specifically within accounts receivable or general accounting functions.

Professional Accountabilities

• Commitment to obtaining updated soft and technical skills relevant to the job.
• Ability to perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets as per delivery schedules, utilizing resources effectively within efficient cost and time.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and execution of planned tasks.
• Proactively solve related problems and escalate complex operational issues when necessary.
• Ensure quality requirements are met, developing effective quality control and processes, including specifications for products, processes, or related activities.
• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities where possible.
• Comply with all relevant policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within the defined area of work activity.