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Financial Accountant - Qatar


Detailed Information

MAIN OBJECTIVE
Ø  To contribute overall to the development and growth of the BEU including involvement in implementation & monitoring of a Business Plan for the BEU to include Direct & Indirect Budgets.
Ø  Management of Costs and Maximisation of Profit for the BEU in line with Group requirements.
Ø  To ensure management receive timely and accurate Management Reports and to have overall Financial Accounting Control within the BEU.
Ø  Assist in the definition and implementation of Financial Accounting & Commercial Policies, Procedures and Systems.
Ø  To ensure all Third Party relationships are maintained in a professional manner.
Ø  Responsibility for payroll for the company.
Ø  To provide ad hoc commercial support when necessary.    
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Ø  Responsibilities will be split across Accounting and Project Controls within the Finance Team.   
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 
Development & Growth of the BEU.
Ø  Direct / Indirect Budget Setting & Sign off annually.
Ø  Report to Management of the BEU on performance against the Business Plan and its budget.
Ø  To provide guidance to all staff of the BEU on commercial and financial matters and set professional standards that will act as an example to others.   
Management of Costs and Maximisation of Profits.
Ø  Validation of Cost Control Sheet
Ø  Review commercial terms of contracts and report on same.
Ø  Ensure all costs are managed in line with CCS.
Ø  Ensure creditors terms are in line with CCS and are met.
Ø  Ensure earliest possible invoicing and subsequent collection of the funds.
Ø  Monthly review of all costs with a view to eliminating unnecessary costs.
Ø  To ensure the accurate monitoring and control of overheads in particular, telephones/fax/internet, stationary, computer maintenance etc.
Ø  Ensure company policy with respect to expense reimbursement is adhered to.
Ø  Ensure company obtains value for money for all services.  
Management Reports and Financial Accounting
Ø  Preparation of monthly and year to date management accounts within 6 working days after month end.
Ø  Costing report by Project, by team and by BEU.
Ø  Preparation of cash flow every two weeks (available every second Monday morning) by Project, team and BEU.
Ø  Preparation of weekly debtors, creditors and sales by Project, team and BEU every Monday morning.
Ø  Executive Summary of monthly accounts to be prepared with the monthly accounts.  
Ø  Preparation of annual financial accounts and preparation of schedules for audit. 
Policies, Procedures and Systems
Ø  To be the financial system administrator for the BEU.
Ø  Work with team leaders and Group Financial Accountant to define financial and commercial policies and procedures for the BEU.
Ø  To monitor adherence to the above policies.
Ø  To provide exception reports to the BEU Management and Financial Controller/Directors.
Ø  To assist in ensuring that policies, procedures and systems are updated and to a high standard and world-class quality.  
Statutory Reporting.
Ø  Ensure all government and statutory reports are kept up to date and correctly returned, namely, preliminary annual tax return, final corporation tax return and compulsory statistical returns.                          
Third Party Relationships
Ø  Develop positive relationships with all stakeholders of the company including creditors, banks, debtors, potential suppliers and clients.  
Payroll
Ø  Responsibility for processing the payroll for the company and answering any queries in this regard.  
Invoicing and Debt Collection
Ø  Manage all invoicing for the Region.
Ø  Manage all Debt Collection.   
Tax and Licensing
Ø  To deal with all tax and licence compliance.  
Commercial Support
Ø  To deal with commercial queries and provide ad hoc commercial support e.g. in the establishment of oversees companies.   
REPORTING TO
Ø  Function responsibility to the Group Financial Accountant and line responsibility to the Operations Manager of the BEU.