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About the Chief Accountant Role

Maleen Consultant Center, a growing multi-entity healthcare group operating medical clinics in dentistry, dermatology, laser, and aesthetic services in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking an experienced and technically strong Chief Accountant. This role is integral to strengthening the finance function, accounting governance, financial reporting, internal controls, and ERP capabilities within the group. The Chief Accountant will lead day-to-day accounting activities for an assigned company and support the group's finance transformation initiatives, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer. The position is full-time and based in Riyadh.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing activities, ensuring accurate and timely transaction recording.
• Prepare and review monthly financial statements, including the statement of financial position, income statement, and cash flow statement.
• Manage and review the general ledger, journal entries, accruals, prepayments, provisions, depreciation, payroll entries, and other closing adjustments.
• Review bank reconciliations, supplier reconciliations, customer balances, employee advances, and other balance-sheet account reconciliations.
• Supervise accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury-related accounting, fixed assets, inventory accounting, and general accounting activities.
• Maintain accurate supporting schedules and working papers for all material financial statement balances.
• Review supplier aging, payment schedules, outstanding liabilities, unrecorded invoices, and accrued expenses.
• Monitor revenue recording and reconciliation between operational systems, point-of-sale transactions, bank collections, and accounting records.
• Review inventory movements, stock reconciliations, physical count differences, costing, expired items, and slow-moving inventory.
• Maintain and reconcile the fixed asset register, including additions, disposals, transfers, depreciation, and physical asset verification.
• Review doctors' commissions, payroll-related accruals, employee benefits, leave provisions, and end-of-service benefit calculations.
• Ensure accurate accounting and monthly reconciliation of intercompany transactions and balances between group entities.
• Support the preparation of consolidated or combined financial information and intercompany elimination entries.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, approved accounting policies, Saudi VAT requirements, Zakat regulations, withholding tax rules, and ZATCA requirements.
• Prepare and review VAT reconciliations, tax schedules, supporting documentation, and responses to regulatory inquiries.
• Coordinate with external auditors, prepare PBC lists, provide audit supporting documents, and follow up on audit findings.
• Implement and monitor internal controls relating to journal entries, payments, bank transactions, supplier creation, revenue, inventory, and financial closing.
• Support the implementation or enhancement of ERP systems, including chart-of-accounts design, master-data validation, testing, data migration, and user acceptance testing.
• Prepare financial analyses and management reports to support the CFO and senior management.
• Supervise, coach, and develop accounting staff, allocate responsibilities, review their work, and ensure compliance with closing deadlines.
• Identify accounting risks, unresolved balances, control deficiencies, and process weaknesses, recommending appropriate corrective actions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive accounting experience.
• At least 2 to 3 years of experience in a Chief Accountant, Accounting Supervisor, Accounting Manager, or equivalent leadership position.
• Strong hands-on experience in financial closing and the preparation of complete financial statements.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting requirements.
• Practical experience with Saudi VAT, Zakat, withholding tax, and ZATCA compliance.
• Experience managing external audits is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare, medical clinics, hospitals, or other multi-branch service businesses is highly preferred.
• Experience in multi-entity accounting, intercompany reconciliations, and consolidation is highly preferred.
• Strong experience with ERP and accounting systems; experience with Odoo, Oracle, SAP, or Microsoft Dynamics is an advantage.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, data analysis, and reconciliation of large data sets.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, segregation of duties, audit trails, and financial governance.
• Proven ability to supervise and develop accounting staff and manage multiple priorities under strict deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in both Arabic and English.
• Currently based in Riyadh or willing to relocate and work on-site.

Preferred Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on accounting leader capable of operating effectively in a developing finance environment. This includes taking ownership of financial closing and reconciliations, improving accounting processes, supporting finance centralization, and working closely with the CFO to strengthen the group's financial reporting and control environment.

Professional Certifications

A professional certification or active membership with SOCPA is preferred. CPA, CMA, ACCA, SOCPA Fellowship, or another recognized professional qualification is considered an advantage.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• High level of accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and professional judgment.