Finance Analyst -Managed Services Finance Analyst -Senior Associate

PwC - United Arab Emirates; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Al Khobar seeks a Senior Finance Analyst with a strong background in finance and accounting processes. The role involves managing financial reconciliations, reporting, and operational delivery. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 3-6 years of experience, preferably in the Middle East. Proficiency in English and Arabic is desirable, along with expertise in ERP systems. Comfortable travel within KSA is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-6 years of professional experience, ideally in the Middle East region.
• Certifications in relevant fields (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) are advantageous.
• Proficient in written and spoken English; Arabic is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Complete ownership of accounting and reconciliations.
• Manage monthly closing financial records and posting.
• Identifying and rectifying unidentified cash in reconciliations.

Skills

Finance / Accounting processes

Excellent communication skills

Regional accounting standards

ERP systems (SAP, Microsoft)

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or Business Management

Tools

SAP

Microsoft

Job description

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.

About Us

With offices in 152 countries and nearly 328,000 professionals, we are one of the world’s leading professional services networks, helping organisations and individuals create lasting value through Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. For over 40 years, we have contributed to the Middle East’s transformation journey, partnering with governments and businesses to deliver sustainable solutions. Today, more than 12,000 of us across Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are shaping the region’s future.

Line of Service Overview

Internal Firm Services (IFS) is the trusted foundation of PwC, delivering innovative managed services and operational capabilities that enable our clients’ evolving needs. A career in IFS offers diverse opportunities across Human Capital, Finance, Technology, Clients & Markets, Marketing & Communications, Risk & Quality, Partner Development, Office Management, and Managed Services. We don’t just support the business—we shape it, driving strategies and initiatives that power growth and transformation across PwC Middle East.

Business Unit Overview

Managed Services is the delivery and execution business within PwC, providing operational solutions for clients. It brings the best of PwC’s advisory capabilities, our technology expertise and our operational delivery to help clients solve complex problems.

How You’ll Contribute

As a Senior Finance analyst, you will work across one or more core finance processes, delivering these activities for customers of PwC, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Accounts Payable:

• Complete ownership of accounting and reconciliations; ensures accuracy and timeliness.
• Manages monthly closing financial records and posting of month end information; ensures accuracy of financial statements.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting, as requirement.
• Assist accountants and controllers with A/P issues or problems.
• Review and process invoices along with providing the resolutions for the invoices and releasing the invoices for Payment.
• Resolve all vendor queries and requests coming via e-mails / Tickets within the agreed SLA.
• Maintain exception logs for process related exception as and when they occur for knowledge retention.
• Independently perform transactional tasks which support the compliance, planning, and execution of assigned processes.
• Enforce the internal compliance policy and guideline established by the management on their daily operational activities.
• Perform daily internal audit to ensure all Invoices / queries are balanced as per the guidelines.
• Maintain a tracker of the exceptions and ensure Invoices and queries are balanced taking based on the exception tracker.

Order to Cash:

• Identify and rectify unidentified cash and manage end to end process of Cash office reconciliations.
• Identify exceptions in cash office reconciliations and follow up with store for proper closure.
• Report Cash short / Long and send for payroll recovery for amount above threshold as per Policy.
• Work closely with Merchants for credit card settlement issues and charge backs.
• Follow up on customer/internal disputes, customer questions and working between departments to get a resolution.
• Making collection calls to the customers, emailing/faxing invoices or getting hard copies mailed out to customers as per their requests.
• Solving queries related to cash applications and coordination with customers.
• Extensive knowledge and ability to perform day-to-day operations while maintaining SLA.
• Working as part of the Order to Cash Processing team which will be accountable for the Order to Cash process that starts with customers’ enquiry and involves sales order from customer to delivery and invoicing.
• Determining Financial outcome by collecting operational Data / Reports, whilst conducting Analysis and Reconciling transactions.

What You’ll Bring

• Years of experience: Minimum 3-6 years of professional experience, ideally having worked with a diverse portfolio of people, process and technology with a leading firm, preferably in the Middle East region
• Education: Bachelor's degree in finance, Business Management / Administration or equivalent master’s degree in finance, Business Management / Administration or equivalent from an accredited university is preferred Certifications in relevant fields (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, etc.) would be advantageous
• Technical Skills:
• Finance / Accounting processes
• Regional accounting standards and practices
• Financial planning and analysis
• Operational delivery
• ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Microsoft, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills are a must with a good command over written and spoken English & Arabic.
• Strong understanding about P2P or O2C process and related accounting knowledge preferred. Arabic experience.
• Soft Skills:
• Communicate with impact
• Results driven
• Drive organizational excellence
• Language Skills: Proficient in written and spoken English. Arabic is a plus
• Travel Requirements: Your flexibility to travel 100% of the time within KSA . This means we may require you to work away from your base office location on a regular basis and frequent overnight stays may be required. Where possible, we will take your preferences into account and strike a balance between meeting your career development/personal needs and those of the business and our clients.

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