Senior Accountant

Company Description

Saatchi & Saatchi has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in
‎1970 to a global creative communications company with ‎114 offices in ‎67
countries and over ‎6500 employees. Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis
Groupe, the world's third largest communications group We are a full service,
integrated communications network and we work with ‎6 of the top ‎10 and over
half of the top ‎50 global advertisers. We're in the business of getting people
to fall in love with our clients' products and services. We have an
unshakeable spirit and unbeatable attitude that Nothing is Impossible, a
concept we apply to all our clients and work. We believe in effecting positive
change through creativity, always. While we seek out the most brilliant minds
to help us on our quest, we're also passionate about nurturing the best talent
from within. Which is why when you join us, your journey can be one of
continuous evolution.

Job Description

The Senior Accountant will be responsible to handle vendor reconciliations,
checking and confirming journal entries are done by the HR shared services
team and supporting on rolling forecasts preparation.
Main Tasks
Technical & Product
* Maintain updated records for the journal entries, invoices (digital & hard copies).
* Follow up on WIP to ensure proper timely billing,
* Direct the billings to the correct accounts and supervise the process until confirmation of the invoice dispatch.
* Prepare files required for the month end closure entries.
* Supervise all regular accounting processes and journal entries during the month and monthly closure accounts.
* Reconcile customer accounts and manage accounts receivable collections.
* Check reconciliations of vendors and supervise the payment requests.
* Budgeting support and monitor the monthly actuals vs forecasted.
* Supporting internal and external auditors when required.
Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency
* Check POs and validate supporting documents for approval.
* Validate the documents of the 3rd party invoices before sharing for posting.
* Check the effect of the entries' posting and print the corresponding journal entries.
Innovative & Analytical Mindset
* Take initiative to troubleshoot problems and offer solutions.
People & Leadership
* Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area.
* Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration.
* Is able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner.
* Collaborates with stakeholders and embraces an inclusive based environment.
* Is able to make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view.
* Able to build relationships quickly with others and engages personally with peers and clients.
* Treats others with respect, listens to other perspectives, especially when they are different from own.
* Able to tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans that focus on problem resolution.
* Drives a culture of trust with Peers, clients and all other stakeholders.
Self
* Is able to take ownership for actions and deals with consequences in a mature manner.
* Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility.
* Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business.
* Showcases curiosity and open mindset towards new ways of doing things.
* Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
* Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is able to take ownership of personal development and growth.
* Capable of constructively challenging the status-quo and takes risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
* Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humbleness.

Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
* ‎2-‎5 years of experience in a similar role
* Arabic speaking is a must