GL Senior Accountant

Context & Environment

• Managing a team of 2 with high performance standards and providing coaching, mentoring and development to support a best-in-class team.
• Setting team objectives that align with the accounting department’s goals.
• Develop and maintain high quality staff to ensure an ongoing efficient operation.

Statutory Financial Statements and Audit Process:

• Manage the yearly issuance of statutory financial statements for six entities and consolidated statements.
• Manage the preparation of the consolidated financial statements with necessary elimination entries quarterly.
• Manage the preparation of the IFRS group reporting pack quarterly.
• Supervise monthly board requirements, including trial balances, disclosures, and elimination entries for 6 entities.
• Manage the External auditors audit process: Interim & end-of-year audit process.
• Manage and supervise the books to ensure they follow Egyptian & international accounting standards.
• Ensure compliance with Egyptian and IFRS and implement audit recommendations with associated action plans.
• Perform analysis of the general ledger and related disclosures in statutory financial statements for 6 entities.

Fixed Assets Management Activities:

• Manage all aspects of fixed assets management across multiple entities, including capitalization, depreciation, impairments, and disposals.
• Manage the capitalization process for work-in-progress items to ensure accuracy.
• Manage the lifecycle of intangible assets, including capitalization, amortization, impairments, and disposals.
• Manage the fixed assets count and reconciliation processes.
• Submit frequent Fixed assets and intangible assets disclosure for 6 entities.
• Process fixed assets transfers & reclassification.

General Ledger Activities:

• Ensure the accuracy of trial balances to portray the company's true financial standing and conduct monthly balance sheet analyses.
• Lead the month-end closure process and oversee monthly general ledger account analyses.
• Manage monthly payroll reconciliations and adhere to internal control requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate classification and recording of all general ledger transactions.
• Manage monthly foreign currency revaluation calculations and its analysis.
• Provide support for internal and group audits. 
• Supervise and follow up all General ledger petty cash count & replenishment.
• Provide on monthly basis accurate accruals.

General Activities:

• Maintain updated general ledger, bank, and fixed assets procedures.
• Implement Anti-corruption, Antitrust Compliance, and Integrity Policies and Programs.
• Conduct due diligence processes within the scope of responsibility.
• Adhere to Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies and 12 golden rules.
• Mitigate risks associated with job duties.

Activities

• Managing a team of 2 with high performance standards and providing coaching, mentoring and development to support a best-in-class team.
• Setting team objectives that align with the accounting department’s goals.
• Develop and maintain high quality staff to ensure an ongoing efficient operation.

Statutory Financial Statements and Audit Process:

• Manage the yearly issuance of statutory financial statements for six entities and consolidated statements.
• Manage the preparation of the consolidated financial statements with necessary elimination entries quarterly.
• Manage the preparation of the IFRS group reporting pack quarterly.
• Supervise monthly board requirements, including trial balances, disclosures, and elimination entries for 6 entities.
• Manage the External auditors audit process: Interim & end-of-year audit process.
• Manage and supervise the books to ensure they follow Egyptian & international accounting standards.
• Ensure compliance with Egyptian and IFRS and implement audit recommendations with associated action plans.
• Perform analysis of the general ledger and related disclosures in statutory financial statements for 6 entities.

Fixed Assets Management Activities:

• Manage all aspects of fixed assets management across multiple entities, including capitalization, depreciation, impairments, and disposals.
• Manage the capitalization process for work-in-progress items to ensure accuracy.
• Manage the lifecycle of intangible assets, including capitalization, amortization, impairments, and disposals.
• Manage the fixed assets count and reconciliation processes.
• Submit frequent Fixed assets and intangible assets disclosure for 6 entities.
• Process fixed assets transfers & reclassification.

General Ledger Activities:

• Ensure the accuracy of trial balances to portray the company's true financial standing and conduct monthly balance sheet analyses.
• Lead the month-end closure process and oversee monthly general ledger account analyses.
• Manage monthly payroll reconciliations and adhere to internal control requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate classification and recording of all general ledger transactions.
• Manage monthly foreign currency revaluation calculations and its analysis.
• Provide support for internal and group audits. 
• Supervise and follow up all General ledger petty cash count & replenishment.
• Provide on monthly basis accurate accruals.

General Activities:

• Maintain updated general ledger, bank, and fixed assets procedures.
• Implement Anti-corruption, Antitrust Compliance, and Integrity Policies and Programs.
• Conduct due diligence processes within the scope of responsibility.
• Adhere to Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies and 12 golden rules.
• Mitigate risks associated with job duties.

Candidate Profile

Competencies needed are:

• Commitment.
• Strong in teamwork activities
• Problem solver
• Has a basic knowledge of HSE issues.

Qualifications/experience required:

• Educational background in accounting.
• Accounting experience of not less than 7 years in multinational companies.
• Strong knowledge of international accounting standards.
• Fluent in English.
• Good Knowledge of SAP especially FICO modules.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and financial management software (SAP).
• Well informed in current financial subjects, accounting, tax laws and business environments.
• Analytical Thinker.
• Commitment.
• Strong in teamwork activities.
• Has a basic knowledge of HSE issues even though it is not updated regularly.
• Able to identify risky situations within the context of one's activity and warn the relevant services (HSEQ, Operations).

Additional Information

Domain: Finance

Type of contract: Regular position

Experience: Minimum 6 years

Employer company: TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt