Senior accountant - saudi arabia, riyadh

We are looking for an experienced senior accountant to oversee general accounting operations by controlling and verifying our financial transactions. senior accountant responsibilities include reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end close procedures. a successful senior accountant combines excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles to analyze financial reports and forecasts. the ideal candidate has also experience collaborating and/or managing a team of accountants and junior accountants. senior accountant duties also include ensuring accuracy and effectiveness in all of our accounting tasks.responsibilitiesverify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivableproduce error-free accounting reports and present their resultsanalyze financial information and summarize financial statusspot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spendingprovide technical support and advice on management accountantreview and recommend modifications to accounting systems and proceduresmanage accounting assistants and bookkeepersparticipate in financial standards setting and in forecast processprovide input into department’s goal setting processprepare financial statements and produce budget according to scheduleassist with tax audits and tax returnsdirect internal and external audits to ensure complianceplan, assign and review staff’s worksupport month-end and year-end close processdevelop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controlsensure compliance with gaap principlesliaise with our financial manager and accounting manager to improve financial proceduresskillsproven experience as a financial controller, accounting supervisor, chief or senior accountant for more than 5 years.thorough knowledge of basic accounting proceduresin-depth understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (gaap)awareness of business trendsfamiliarity with financial accounting statementsexperience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close processhands-on experience with accounting software packages,advanced ms excel skills including vlookups and pivot tablesaccuracy and attention to detailaptitude for numbers and quantitative skillsbs degree in accounting, finance or relevant

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