Senior GL Accountant📣 Job Ad

About Gathern and the Role

Gathern is seeking a Senior GL Accountant to join its team in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This full-time role serves as the senior technical anchor of the general ledger and the internal IFRS subject-matter expert. The Senior GL Accountant will lead the end-to-end close for single and multi-entity structures, ensuring GL integrity and managing IFRS-sensitive areas. A primary objective is to ensure financial books close on time with zero audit observations and 99% accuracy in accordance with IFRS.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end month, quarter, and year-end close for single and multi-entity structures, including intercompany reconciliations and foreign-currency translations.
• Serve as the internal IFRS subject-matter expert, covering statements, disclosures, and accounting treatments, including IFRS 16 lease accounting.
• Oversee General Ledger integrity through reviewing journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, and variance analyses.
• Confirm fixed-asset additions and maintain the register; own the tax-invoice quality gate over AP capture (GL checks; AP follow-up).
• Prepare financial reporting packages for senior leadership and board review; act as the primary point of contact for external and internal auditors.
• Own the opening-balance reconciliation and GL data validation at the Dynamics 365 cutover.
• Design and implement internal controls and automated workflows to streamline the close; document GL SOPs and mentor the GL Accountant.
• Deliver GL KPIs, including zero audit observations, on-time closing of books, and 99% accuracy as per IFRS.

Required Qualifications

Candidates for this position should possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Professional qualification (SOCPA / ACCA / CPA) is preferred.

Essential Experience

The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in general ledger accounting, demonstrated through:

• 3 to 7 years of experience in general ledger accounting or financial reporting.
• Experience managing payroll accounting, employee benefits accounting, and intercompany accounting transactions.
• Strong experience preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities.
• Experience applying International Financial Reporting Standards in complex accounting transactions.
• Experience supporting internal and external audits and implementing financial controls.
• Experience using enterprise resource planning systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Work Environment and Expectations

This role operates within a structured financial control environment. Key expectations include:

• Strict adherence to control boundaries, ensuring the preparer and reviewer are never the same person within GL.
• Prohibition from reconciling own postings.
• No payment or banking authority is held within this role.

Application Process

If you meet these requirements and are ready to contribute to a dynamic finance team, we encourage you to apply.