General Accountant

Managing all financial transactions, from fixed payments and variable expenses to bank deposits, budgets, reviewing documents and financial procedures, reconciling bank statements, and calculating tax payments and declarations to provide accurate quantitative information about the financial position, liquidity, and cash flows of the business, while ensuring compliance with all tax regulations. Job tasks and responsibilities include: - Managing all accounting transactions - Preparing budget forecasts - Publishing financial data in a timely manner - Handling monthly, quarterly, and annual closing operations - Reconciling accounts payable and receivable - Ensuring timely bank payments - Calculating tax and preparing tax returns - Managing balance sheets and profit/loss statements - Reporting on the company's financial position and liquidity - Auditing transactions and financial documents - Ensuring the confidentiality of financial data and backing up the database when necessary - Compliance with financial policies and regulations - Maintaining, preserving, and monitoring all financial documents and books, and tracking the validity and currency of these documents. - Documenting and recording accounting entries after confirming their accuracy, ensuring supporting documents are available, and making necessary transfers through the institution's accounting software. - Matching cash held at branches and point-of-sale accounts with records daily. - Periodically reviewing and matching bank account balances with accounting statements and making necessary reconciliations after approval from the authorized person. - Preparing customers' and suppliers' account statements and current accounts of subsidiaries and partner shares to ensure the integrity and accuracy of these account balances and making necessary reconciliations for discrepancies if any. - Following up on the collection of dues and settling invoices and providing consistent data on customer and supplier balances and creating aging reports for them. - Auditing payroll and wages, reviewing dues and deductions, and presenting them for approval. - Financial review and preparing weekly and monthly reports and analyses, and contributing to the preparation of balances, final accounts, cash flow statements, and ensuring their accuracy to reach business results and the financial position of the institution. - Participating in the preparation of annual budgets suitable for the entity based on work plans. - Documenting and explaining variances in budgets and how to calculate figures and results. - Proposing the development of public financial policies and long-term and short-term financial plans and presenting them to management for discussion and approval. - Contributing to the preparation of subsidiary plans and executive programs for financial management that achieve profitability and continuous development of the entity. - Participating in meetings of senior management and expressing opinion on results and decisions. - Reviewing contracts and all obligations before entering into them with others to determine their financial impact and provide feedback on them. - Reviewing reports generated from the system and ensuring their accuracy and precision. - Coordinating and facilitating the work of internal and external auditors and providing them with the necessary information and details about accounts and systems used. - Preparing zakat and tax declarations and cooperating with the licensed accountant and responding to the comments of the Zakat and Income Authority. - Supervising and participating in periodic inventory operations, whether weekly, monthly, or annually for inventory and all fixed assets and materials and matching them with account balances, and preparing difference lists. - Calculating the cost of products and operations according to accounting principles, issuing, preserving cost files, updating them periodically, and providing guiding information to help determine selling prices and expenses. The candidate must have the following attributes: - Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance - Previous experience and working as a general accountant - Membership in the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants - Practical experience in accounting of not less than 5 years - Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures - Familiarity with accounting systems and computer programs like ERP or QuickBooks. - Experience in general ledger functions - Advanced Excel skills, including (VLOOKUP and pivot tables) - Strong attention to detail and analytical skills - Ability to work on accounting systems - Arabic language spoken and written. - English language spoken and read. - Good knowledge of accounting practices and principles. - Attention to detail, - High focus and observation and the ability to audit, analyze, link, and organize - Ability for classification and logic (direct, indirect costs, raw materials, consumables, administrative, operational... etc.) - Punctuality. - Good listening and understanding and aware focus in situations - Knowledge, experience, and ability to work with computer programs - Strong ability to work with Excel and Access programs, and other analytical programs. Salary and benefits: Salary is determined based on experience and qualifications, with the possibility of additional benefits such as health insurance and annual bonuses.