Supervisor – Accounting Advisory Services

Job Description

Reporting To: Assistant Manager – Accounting Advisory Services

 

Job Summary: Accounting Advisory Services is responsible and accountable for supervising all advisors of the Accounting Advisory Services Department throughout their day to day operations while ensuring that all work being performed by them is of highest quality standards and in compliance with the company’s accounting policies & procedures and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Policies & Procedures

• Ensure implementation of the company’s set policies & procedures in order to achieve the Accounting Advisory Services Department’s objectives.

 

Accounting Advisory Operations

• Supervise the Senior Advisors in maintaining their portfolios, provide maximum support & guidance to all subordinates and ensure that maximum efforts are being delivered by the team in achievement of set business objectives of the Accounting Advisory Services Department.
• Assist the Assistant Manager and Manager of the Accounting Advisory Services Department in preparation of proposals to be sent to the clients and ensure that all clients’ needs are highlighted in the proposal and maximum proofreading is conducted to avoid any errors in the proposal content.
• Conduct meetings with the company’s clients on a continuous basis and as required to obtain information regarding the clients’ business requirements, nature of services requested as well as to collect initial requirements from the clients to kick-off the project.
• Plan, schedule and organize work of the Senior Advisors in order to complete tasks within designated timelines while balancing multiple priorities.
• Conduct weekly meetings with internal teams to follow-up on project status, provide feedback based on reviews conducted on the work of the team and recommend solutions to eliminate identified obstacles that may slow-down the project.
• Apply learning from one client engagement to the next and share learning with fellow team members in a continuous basis to ensure that errors & technical issues are kept to a minimal level for all client engagements.
• Monitor work performed by all subordinates on a continuous basis through reviews & thorough audits and ensure that all work being delivered to the client is of maximum quality and in-line with the set standards of the company.
• Resolve issues that may be faced by the team while performing their duties and maintain accounting controls through recommending accounting policies & procedures to be implemented while handling work of clients.
• Research solutions regarding pain points, redundant tasks or excessive manual work being performed by the team and drive continuous improvement of Accounting processes through maximum streamlining and automation.
• Supervise the timely preparation of accounting records and other financial reports and analyse them to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting & procedural standards.
• Review and supervise the timely preparation of financial statements, balance sheets, income and expense reports, and cash flow analysis, in addition to the supporting schedules to assure timely completion according to the monthly close schedule.
• Follow up with all concerned stakeholders and colleagues to ensure that all cash payments are transferred to the bank on a timely basis and keep the clients posted on the status of the same.
• Supervise the subordinates in preparing monthly bank reconciliations and recommend adjustments to be made to accounts where applicable.
• Perform General Ledger reconciliation with sub ledgers (all accounts and records will be reconciled to the General Ledger) on monthly and annual basis.
• Analyse general ledger process, identify, clean up and resolve irregularities that may occur in work of the subordinates to ensure the financial statements are accurately prepared.

 

Candidate Profile:

• Requirement open for all nationals.
• Bachelors’ Degree in Finance, Accounting or any related field is a must.
• Professional Certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Accountant (CA) or any related certifications is a plus.
• Minimum of 5 – 7 years of experience in the same or related field.
• Good Command in English Language & Arabic is an advantage