Job description

Vacancy No
VN14665
Job Title
Senior Accountant - KSA ( Based in Egypt)
Office Location
EG-Cairo
Alternative Office Location
EG-Cairo
About the Role
About the role:
Responsible for comprehensive financial analysis and technical accounting oversight for KSA.
Your Key Responsibilities
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analysis of country P&L and margin analysis: Perform deep-dive analysis of regional P&L, focusing on Adjusted EBITDA and gross margin optimization. Identify and report on technical drivers of variance (MTD, QTD, YTD).
- P&L Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the technical preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts. Ensure alignment between operational targets and financial reality across multiple KSA entities.
- Balance Sheet Reviews/Reconciliations: Take full ownership of the General Ledger. Perform complex reconciliations, manage accruals/provisions, and resolve long-standing items (including aged GRIR balances) to ensure audit readiness.
- Providing support and guidance to business: Act as a technical financial partner to the MENA leadership team, providing data-driven insights to support commercial decision-making and risk mitigation.
- Providing and interpreting financial information: Translate complex financial data into actionable management reports. Ensure all information adheres to IFRS and local KSA GAAP standards.
- Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and predicting future trends: Execute technical cash flow modelling and liquidity forecasting. Monitor working capital cycles and treasury requirements for KSA.
- Liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out: Serve as the primary technical lead for external and internal audits. Manage the preparation of audit files, tax packs, and the finalization of statutory financial statements.
- Producing accurate financial reports to specific deadlines: Manage the end-to-end month-end close process. Ensure "Flash Reporting" and Group submissions are completed with high technical accuracy and zero-latency.
- Other tasks as they arise as per any new requirement: Execute special technical projects, including system enhancements, IFRS mapping updates, and strategic financial clean-ups.
- Budget preparation for several entities: Coordinate consolidated budget frameworks for various legal entities, ensuring local statutory requirements are balanced with global group expectations.
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant tax laws in KSA and executing required filings: Subject matter expert for region tax compliance. Manage the calculation and filing of CIT, VAT/TVA, and Withholding Tax via local electronic portals.
- Prepare, review, and submit monthly/quarterly VAT returns through the ZATCA portal, ensuring full compliance with KSA VAT regulations.
- Manage WHT (Withholding Tax) calculations, filings, and reconciliations for foreign vendor transactions in accordance with KSA tax laws.
- Prepare Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and Zakat schedules, supporting accurate and timely submissions.
- Ensure compliance with ZATCA e-invoicing (FATOORA) requirements, including invoice validation and system alignment.
- Coordinate with tax consultants and regulatory authorities regarding tax assessments, audits, and clarifications.
- Monitor changes in KSA tax legislation and assess financial/reporting impacts on the business.
Perform VAT reconciliation between ERP records, financial statements, and tax filings.
- Review cross-border transactions to ensure proper tax treatment and documentation.
- Support transfer pricing documentation and intercompany transaction compliance where applicable.
- Ensure proper retention and maintenance of tax documentation for statutory and audit purposes.
- Lead tax-related month-end and year-end closing activities, including tax provisions and deferred tax calculations.
- Identify tax risks and recommend process improvements to strengthen internal tax controls and compliance.
Qualifications / Requirements
Required Knowledge
- Expert Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Financial modelling, Power Query, Nested Logic).
- Solid financial understanding of IFRS and Local Statutory GAAP.
- SAP experience is essential (Advanced T-Codes for reporting and data extraction).
- Technical application of KSA Tax Laws.
Experience Required
- Minimum 6 years' experience in a similar technical financial or senior accounting position.
- Extensive experience in Advanced Microsoft Excel and automated modelling.
- Proven experience in executing tax filings and maintaining compliance in KSA jurisdictions.
Skills & Abilities
- Excellent numeric skills and attention to detail.
- High levels of compliance to processes and assertiveness with non-compliance issues.
- Strong work ethic and ability to work independently to strict deadlines.
- Resilience and versatility in high-pressure environments.
Values
- Demonstrates and embraces Westcon-Comstor values of Ambition, Partnership, Integrity, and Accountability.
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