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Senior Accountant - Jeddah

Chalhoub Group
Jeddah, KSA
fulltime
Mid-Senior
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Financial ReportingIFRSGAAPAudit ManagementTax ComplianceBudgeting
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Overview

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East.

In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers.

Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail.

It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps.

Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing.

Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM.

Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work® certification in several markets.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet.

Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What You'Ll Be Doing

The job holder of this position on is responsible for the reconcilia on of all employee and business units’ accounts in adherence to accounting policies, procedures and international standards.

Organizational

  • Follow all relevant accounting policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Operational

  • Follow the day-to-day activities related to own job with minimal supervision to ensure continuity of work.
  • Follow-up on escalated cases /issues/questions of junior team members to ensure they are closed efficiently and in a timely manner.

Accounting

  • Ensure adherence to accounting standards.
  • Plan, manage, coordinate and implement the year end closing processing for the assigned accounting records.
  • Provide technical accounting support and interpretation to the business units.
  • Ensure that no payments are delayed.
  • Reconcile all accounts and financial records of the business units.
  • Ensure that Bank reconciliations are verified on a timely basis and adequate to prevent any fraud or inaccuracies.
  • Review of the monthly bank reconciliations and sign off.
  • Ensure there are no long outstanding items in reconciliations.
  • Ensure maintaining the accounting and financial records of the related business units
  • Direct the installation and maintenance of accounting records
  • Support in cash management, banking, vendor relationships and implementation of the ERP system
  • Liaise with HR on the financial and timely payment arrangements for the monthly payroll
  • Coordinate with external auditors and provide them with all needed data
  • Interact with IT in the implementation of system enhancements and improvements
  • Ensure auditors are given the required information on time to complete the audit within the group deadlines
  • Support in cash management, banking, vendor relationships and implementation of the ERP system
  • Responsible for accurate accounting and ensure adequate internal control in cash collection and banking
  • Assist in ensuring cash & treasury management
  • Oversee the preparation of monthly management reports and accompanying schedules, worksheets and narratives
  • Provide a comprehensive financial, accounting advice services and various reports and statements to business units’ managers
  • Prepare variety of studies, reports and related information and interpretation to the management for decision making purposes .
  • Accounts Receivable:
  • Ensure adherence to accounting standards and enforce them during audits of billing, Inter-company payables and receivables.
  • Plan, manage, coordinate and implement the year end closing processing for the assigned accounting records.
  • Provide technical accounting support and interpretation to the business units.
  • Ensure that all third-party customers’ accounts are fully reconciled.
  • Oversee the verification and reconciliation for third party invoices and balances and balances….
  • Ensure that statements of accounts are sent to customers monthly.
  • Oversee the preparation of third-party reconciliations and the resolution of outstanding items.
  • Liaise with HR on the financial and timely payment arrangements for the monthly payroll.
  • Coordinate on external audit.
  • Interact with IT in the implementation of system enhancements and improvements.
  • Prepare monthly management reports and accompanying schedules, worksheets and narratives, including “Budget vs. Actual” variance reports.
  • Participate in cost analyses and rate studies.
  • Provide a comprehensive accounting advice services and various reports and statements to business units’ managers.
  • Prepare variety of studies, reports and related information and interpretation to the management for decision making purposes.

Intercompany

  • Ensure adherence to accounting standards and enforce them during audits of billing, Inter-company
  • Provide technical accounting support and interpretation to the business units.
  • Ensure that all Intercompany customers’ and suppliers’ accounts are fully reconciled.
  • Oversee the verification and reconciliation for Intercompany invoices and balances and balances…
  • Oversee the preparation of inter-company reconciliations and the resolution of outstanding items.
  • Liaise with HR on the financial and timely payment arrangements for the monthly payroll.
  • Coordinate on external audit.
  • Interact with IT in the implementation of system enhancements and improvements.
  • Prepare monthly management reports and accompanying schedules, worksheets and narratives, including “Budget vs. Actual” variance reports.
  • Participate in cost analyses and rate studies.
  • Provide a comprehensive accounting advice services and various reports and statements to business units’ managers.
  • Prepare variety of studies, reports and related information and interpretation to the management for decision making purposes.

Reporting

  • Ensure adherence to accounting standards and enforce them at all times.
  • Monthly closing procedures are done smoothly and align with Client’s time table.
  • Plan, manage, coordinate and implement the year end closing processing for the assigned accounting records.
  • Provide technical accounting support and interpretation to the business units.
  • Liaise with HR on the financial and timely payment arrangements for the monthly payroll.
  • Interact with IT in the implementation of system enhancements and improvements.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Fluent English required.
  • Strong communication.
  • Microsoft Package knowledge.
  • 4–6 years of experience in accounting.

What We Can Offer You

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality.

We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility.

Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

Using Genai In Your Application Process

To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools.

This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

We Invite All Applicants To Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers.

At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future.

We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

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