Company: Geant Hypermarket
Title: Senior Accountant 
Role archetype: Team Leader
Division/Department: Finance
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Location: Aden
Managing/Leading (if applicable): Accountants

Role Purpose:

The Senior Accountant is responsible for financial postings covering the areas, but not limited to, payables, payroll, asset and general ledgers to ensure that precise data are updated to the system and are properly executed in line with Geant Hypermarkets Retail established financial accounting principles and procedures. The role holder is also responsible for providing timely and accurate reporting in addition to supervising assigned accountants, ensuring all accounting and bookkeeping functions are timely and properly executed.
Role Details – Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Accounts Management 

• Gather and verify financial data related to accounting 
• Check the accounting entries relating to financial transactions for accuracy and conformance to accounting policies and pass them for superior consideration 
• Maintain and review purchase ledgers to ensure that all expenses are accurately posted and monitored against the set budget 
• Review invoices to be paid in order to ensure accuracy and veracity of invoices 
• Process payments to vendors and contractors as per the contract’s terms, including advance payment and penalties 
• Maintain and review sales ledger to ensure that actual sales reports are generated 
• Ensure revenue collections are aligned with bank accounts statements 
• Maintain and review asset registrar to ensure that data are accurate, updated and all accounted for 
• Process depreciation of fixed assets and make the necessary changes accordingly and ensure inventory is updated 
• Handle monthly/quarterly/period end reconciliation for all key balance sheet items 
• Prepare bank reconciliations for all accounts in different banks to ensure that entries in the journals are matched and aligned with the bank statements 
• Review adjusting entries passed and ensure that suppliers’ accounts are updated and any control accounts are cleared  
• Handle and ensure that month-end and year-end closing process is completed and entries booked 
• efficiently 

Administrative 

• Maintain and run periodic payroll cycles to ensure that all payrolls are processed on time 
• Coordinate and follow up with external auditors during the course of their audit, ensuring provision of all required information to enable timely completion of the audit 

Reporting 

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly and annual accounting statements and managerial reports in a timely and accurate manner 

Human Capital Responsibilities 

• Proactively identify and seek professional development opportunities to improve leadership and 
• technical skills pertaining to the direct line of work 
• Apply and follow Geant Hypermarkets Retail Human Capital corporate policies and relevant procedures and instructions 
• Provide training and feedback to direct reportees when required  

Disclaimer: This role description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal responsibilities of the role identified and shall not be construed as an exhaustive description of all the work requirements inherent to success in the role.
Definition of Success:

• Timely issuance of payments 
• Timely closing process 
• Timely and accurate maintenance of accounting records  
• Accuracy and timeliness of reports 
• Timely submission of audit requirements 
• Number of errors reported by external auditors

Personal Characteristics and Required Background:

Minimum Qualifications/education 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce 

Minimum experience 

• 3+ years’ experience in a relevant role
• 1+ years in the retail business 

Skills 

• Excellent Analytical skills 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Attention to details

Languages:

• English – fluent
• Arabic – fluent