Overview

About the job

Job Purpose:

To manage the accounting function of the company (or assigned companies – as applicable) in accordance with international standard accounting practice, so as to accurately compute and reflect the financial position of the company.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Exercise proper control over the capital expenditures and ensure accurate capitalization of the assets.
  • Analyse the intercompany, head office expenses, and other overheads and ensure proper controls as compared to budgeted figures and seek proper explanation to validate them.
  • Allocate the common expenses to various cost centers as per predefined criteria and ensure control over common accounts.
  • Assist in preparing budgets, business plan and forecast exercises by liaising with other departments involved, collection and verification of data and populating it in budgeting tools.
  • Ensure proper accrual is being maintained for the services availed and compile the same in balance sheet schedules. Verify commission for the sales staff based on agreed criteria Prepare sales report or Ad Hoc reports for management to evaluate business performance.
  • Liaise with the operational units to identify Forex requirements and report same to treasury department.
  • Liaise with banks for bank guarantees, letter of credit (Import/ export) as requested by operations.
  • Prepare cash flow statement for the current month and the forthcoming months to ensure that at no point of time company faces cash crunch and defaults in payments
  • Facilitate the audit of accounts by internal and external auditors. • Examine the audit report in consultation with seniors and implement corrective action if required to improve efficiency and transparency.
  • Preparation of monthly management reports. Conduct periodic counts of fixed assets and trading inventory to ensure its availability and fair valuation.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Education/Certification and Continued Education: Commerce graduate with CA Inter/ Semi qualified
Years of Experience: 05 to 07 years in an accounting function

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Knowledge/ experience in international accounting practice in a computerized environment.
  • PC Literate with good Excel knowledge and exposure to ERP solutions
  • Should be familiar with International Financial Reporting Standards.
  • Should have good analytical, numerical and research skills.
  • Should have good organizational and planning abilities including the ability to deal with/work under pressure and tight deadlines.

About Al Tayer Group

Established in 1979, we are among the most respected, successful, and dynamic companies in the Middle East. We operate nearly 200 stores in 6 countries in the region, with the head office in Dubai, UAE.

Our portfolio includes some of the world’s most prestigious and well-known retail, beauty and automotive brands, including Armani, Bvlgari, Banana Republic, Gap, Harvey Nichols, Bloomingdale’s, Aveda, Kiehl’s, Ford, Ferrari and Maserati.

We have expanded our retail offering into the e-commerce space through our innovative shopping portal, Ounass.