Senior Accountant – Group Finance

Communications For Commerce Pty Ltd; Muscat; Vor Ort; OMR 15.000 - 21.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Communications For Commerce Pty Ltd in Oman seeks a Senior Accountant to ensure accurate financial reporting, consolidations, and tax compliance across entities. You will lead reconciliations, rebuild opening balances, and manage monthly closings with strong internal controls.

The role requires 5–7 years of experience, postgraduate finance qualifications, and proficiency with Excel. You will liaise with tax authorities, auditors, and banks, providing timely management information and budgets.

Qualifikationen

• Postgraduate qualification in Finance or Accounting with 5–7 years of experience.
• Experience in a multi-entity group with intercompany reconciliations and consolidated reporting.
• Knowledge of Omani Labour Law, VAT, SPF, Corporate Tax, and SPF contributions; Oman-based.

Aufgaben

• Lead account reconciliations across operating entities against audited financial statements.
• Rebuild opening balances, including intercompany and related-party balances, employee provisions, and aged payables.
• Maintain accurate entity records (CR, VAT, Tax Card, PASI, bank signatories, specimen signatures).
• Establish a monthly closing cycle within 10 working days, delivering MIS reports (P&L, balance sheets, cash flow, receivables, payables, bank rec, VAT/SPF).
• Standardize the chart of accounts across entities, removing duplicates and dormant codes.
• Prepare budget-versus-actual variance reports by entity and cost line with commentary and quarterly board reports.
• Implement petty-cash controls, imprest systems, reconcilations, float limits, and supported documentation.
• Strengthen vendor-payment procedures through electronic requisitions, three-way matching, approvals, and segregation of duties.
• Manage VAT, SPF, and Corporate Tax compliance across entities with timely submissions.
• Serve as liaison with Tax Authority, SPF, auditors, and external advisers; support audits and financial reviews.
• Monitor daily cash positions and prepare 13-week cash forecasts with weekly/monthly reviews by Head of Finance and CEO.
• Act as primary interface with banks.

Kenntnisse

Strong Excel

Cash flow forecasting

Variance analysis

Ausbildung

Postgraduate qualification in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Odoo

Tally

QuickBooks

Jobbeschreibung

Job Purpose:

The Senior Accountant is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, reconciliations, regulatory compliance, and financial controls across multiple entities, while supporting financial planning, cash flow management, audit coordination, and timely management reporting in line with strong accounting standards and operational discipline.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead account reconciliations across operating entities against audited financial statements, resolving long-outstanding discrepancies.
• Rebuild opening balances, including intercompany and related-party balances, employee provisions, and aged payables.
• Maintain accurate entity records, including CR, VAT, Tax Card, PASI, bank signatories, and specimen signatures.
• Establish a monthly closing cycle within 10 working days, delivering MIS reports covering P&L, balance sheets, cash flow, receivables, payables, bank reconciliations, and VAT/SPF compliance.
• Standardize the chart of accounts across entities, eliminating duplicate and dormant codes.
• Prepare budget-versus-actual variance reports by entity and cost line, with business-unit commentary, quarterly board reports, and ad-hoc analyses.
• Implement petty-cash controls, including imprest systems, monthly reconciliations, float limits, authorized expenses, and supporting documentation.
• Strengthen vendor-payment procedures through electronic requisitions, three-way matching, approval limits, and segregation of duties.
• Ensure VAT, SPF, and Corporate Tax compliance across entities, including timely submissions and adherence to applicable Omani regulations.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the Tax Authority, SPF, statutory auditors, and external tax advisers, managing audits, financial statement reviews, and related queries.
• Monitor daily cash positions and prepare 13-week rolling cash forecasts, with weekly reviews by the Head of Finance and monthly reviews by the CEO.
• Act as the primary operational interface with banks.

Qualifications:

• Postgraduate qualification in Finance or Accounting with 5–7 years of experience. Additional certifications in IFRS or Omani Taxation are preferred.
• Mandatory: prior experience in a multi-entity group environment with intercompany reconciliations, consolidated reporting, and group-wide VAT and SPF compliance.
• Mandatory: prior experience operating in the Sultanate of Oman with current working knowledge of Omani Labour Law, Social Protection Law, VAT Law, Corporate Tax, and SPF contribution regime.
• Strongly preferred: prior experience of leading a clean-up / turnaround finance assignment, including resolution of historic unreconciled items, reclassification of mis-categorized expenses, and establishment of monthly close discipline.
• Strong Excel; comfortable building 13-week cash forecasts, variance analysis, and board-pack schedules from source data.
• Working familiarity with Odoo, Tally, QuickBooks