Senior Accountant

Description

Summary: Lead the finance function at a supervisory level, ensuring accurate reporting, disciplined cash flow, robust internal controls, and providing decision-oriented financial insights. Highlights: 1. Lead financial reporting and month-end close processes 2. Drive collections, monitor ageing, and reduce DSO 3. Champion ERP-based finance workflows and process improvement **Role Purpose**: Lead the finance function at a supervisory level accurate and timely financial reporting, disciplined cash flow and receivables management, robust internal controls while reviewing and verifying the work of the accounting team and providing decision\-oriented financial insights. Day to day transaction posting (bills, invoices, petty cash) remains with the Accountant. **Key Responsibilities** * **Reporting \& Close**: Own month\-end close; monthly management accounts (P\&L, BS, cash flow) with variance commentary; segment/service\-line profitability reporting; support projections. * **Project \& Job Profitability:** Assess profitability at project/job level — ensure costs and revenues are correctly captured per job in the ERP; report margin per project/customer to management for pricing and continuation decisions. * Receivables \& Collections: Drive collections, monitor ageing, reduce DSO; ensure timely job\-to\-invoice conversion in the ERP (no billing leakage). * **Cash Flow \& Banking:** Maintain daily cash flow register (forecast vs actual); flag funding gaps early; manage loan repayment schedules; sign off bank reconciliations. * External Liaison — Auditors \& Banks: Primary contact for external auditors (year\-end audit, schedules, queries) and banks (facilities, guarantees, account management, loan servicing, documentation). * **Third\-Party Agreements \& Contract Enforcement:** Ensure commercial agreements (customer contracts, subcontractor/transporter agreements, agent/broker arrangements, rate agreements, credit terms) are reflected and enforced in finance billing per contracted rates/terms, credit limits applied, payment terms followed up, deviations (unbilled work, off\-contract rates, expired agreements) flagged to management. * **Controls \& Compliance:** Maker\-checker verification of the Accountant's postings; approve corrections and month\-end adjustments; surprise petty cash counts and reconciliation sign\-off (custody stays with Accountant); segregation of cost vs selling\-price access; Qatar compliance (Dhareeba/tax, WPS payroll, audit). * **Payroll \& Supervision:** Oversee WPS payroll with HR/Admin; supervise and develop the Accountant (Rajesh) and finance support staff. * **ERP \& Process:** Champion ERP\-based finance workflows (quotation\-to\-invoice conversion, standardized invoice templates); contribute to SOPs and continuous process improvement. **Qualifications** * Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance; CA/CPA/ACCA/CMA (full/part) preferred. * 5–8 years' experience, greater than 2 years in supervisory preferred. * Logistics/freight forwarding industry preferred. * Hands\-on ERP experience \+ advanced Excel. * Qatar/GCC regulatory knowledge (WPS, Dhareeba). * English required **QID with NOC preferred.** Work Location: In person