Job description

About Artelia
Artelia is an international, multidisciplinary consulting, engineering, and project management
group, providing services across key sectors including mobility, water, energy, buildings, and
industry. The Group supports clients throughout the full life cycle of their projects, from consulting
and design to project management and implementation, with a strong focus on sustainable,
practical, and high-quality solutions.
Role Purpose
The Chief Accounting Officer will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the full
accounting, tax, administrative, banking, treasury, and reporting activities for the company's
entities in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The role requires a hands-on, highly reliable, and deadline-driven
finance professional capable of operating in an international environment and ensuring accurate,
timely, and compliant financial operations in line with local regulations, group policies, and internal
control requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting and Bookkeeping
- Manage day-to-day accounting operations for Egypt and Saudi Arabia entities,
ensuring complete, accurate, and timely bookkeeping.
- Record and review accounting entries, including general ledger, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and intercompany
transactions.
- Ensure proper documentation, filing, and audit trail for all financial transactions.
- Maintain accounting records in accordance with local statutory requirements,
applicable accounting standards, and group policies.
Payment Processing, Invoicing, and Collections
- Prepare, review, and process supplier payments, employee reimbursements, and
other disbursements in accordance with approval workflows and payment
deadlines.
- Coordinate customer invoicing, ensuring invoices are accurate, complete, and
issued on time in line with project milestones and contractual requirements.
- Monitor accounts receivable, follow up on overdue balances, and support cash
collection efforts in coordination with project and operational teams.
- Perform regular bank, customer, supplier, and intercompany reconciliations.
Tax Compliance and Statutory Requirements
- Ensure timely preparation, review, and submission of all tax declarations and
statutory filings in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, including VAT, withholding tax, corporate
tax, social insurance, and other applicable obligations.
- Manage and coordinate the relationship with external auditors, tax advisors, and
local authorities, ensuring timely provision of information, smooth audit execution,
and effective resolution of audit queries.
- Monitor changes in tax and regulatory requirements and assess their impact on the
company's operations.
- Support statutory audits, tax inspections, and compliance reviews by preparing
required schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
Reporting and Financial Control
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages for the Regional
Finance Director and group finance teams.
- Ensure reporting is accurate, complete, and submitted within frequent and stringent
deadlines.
- Analyze accounting data, identify variances or unusual movements, and provide
clear explanations to support management review.
- Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, and financial performance
monitoring when required.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of strong internal controls,
accounting procedures, and finance processes.
Banking, Cash, and Treasury Management
- Manage day-to-day banking relationships and coordinate banking operations for
Egypt and Saudi Arabia entities.
- Monitor cash positions, prepare short-term cash flow forecasts, and support
treasury planning.
- Ensure timely execution of payments, transfers, bank documentation, guarantees,
and other treasury-related matters.
- Maintain effective controls over bank accounts, signatories, access rights, and cash
management processes.
Administrative Operations
- Coordinate administrative processes linked to the legal entities, including medical
insurance, social insurance, office management, telecom services, logistics,
supplier administration, and local registrations where applicable.
- Ensure administrative procedures are properly documented, compliant, and aligned
with company standards.
- Liaise with local service providers, consultants, banks, authorities, and internal
departments to ensure smooth operational support.
- Support contract administration, document collection, archiving, and compliance
documentation as required.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Work closely with project managers, operations teams, HR, legal, procurement, and
group finance to ensure financial and administrative matters are handled efficiently.
- Act as a key local finance contact for Egypt and Saudi Arabia entities while
maintaining regular communication with the Regional Finance Director.
- Contribute to process improvements, standardization, and automation initiatives to
enhance reliability, control, and efficiency.
Required Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related
field; a professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent would be
an advantage.
- 10 to 15 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, ideally including
exposure to multinational or international companies.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles, statutory reporting requirements, tax
compliance, and local administrative practices in Egypt and/or Saudi Arabia.
- Experience in engineering consultancy, project-based businesses, construction,
infrastructure, or professional services would be highly valued.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and meet
frequent, strict, and non-negotiable deadlines.
- Strong command of English and Arabic, both written and spoken; French would be
an additional advantage depending on group requirements.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP/accounting
systems.
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, accuracy, ownership, and attention to detail.
Key Competencies
- Hands-on accounting expertise and strong operational discipline.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently without direct reports while coordinating effectively
with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving capability.
- Clear communication skills with the ability to explain financial matters to non
finance stakeholders.
- Resilience and reliability in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong service orientation and ability to support both finance and administrative
needs of local entities.
Role Success Factors
- Reliable and timely monthly closing and reporting for Egypt and Saudi Arabia
entities.
- Full compliance with tax, statutory, banking, and administrative obligations.
- Accurate bookkeeping and strong documentation standards.
- Effective cash, payment, invoicing, and collection follow-up.
- Smooth coordination with local stakeholders, external advisors, auditors, and group
finance teams.
- Continuous improvement of finance and administrative processes.