Accountant

General Accountant

Experience Required/Qualifications

·      Certified accountant

·      Experience and knowledge of US-GAAP

·      5 year experience in the same field

·      Experience of working in a fast paced and complex environment

·      Retail background is preferred

·      Knowledge of luxury and middle east is a plus

Personal Characteristics

·      Friendly, people orientated

·      Practical problem solver and multi-tasker

·      Great organiser, structured

·      Stays calm under pressure

·      Precise and detailed oriented

·      Committed and enthusiastic

·      Very high personal standards

·      Discretion and confidentiality

IT skills

·      SAP knowledge required

·      BPC experience is a plus

·      Advanced level of Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel 

Key Responsibilities  

•      Accounts Payables

•      Supplier related (vendor creation, master data management)

•      Invoice process

•      Credit Note accounting

•      Payment process

•      Accounts Receivables

•      Shop Sales Posting

•      Shop & E-com Sales recon (manually done for concession/consignments)

•      Shop in Shop billing (manual)

•      AP/AR aging reporting and (bad)debt management & provision calculation

•      Record to Report

•      Balance sheet reconciliation

•      Support month-/year-end closing

•      Chart of account management

•      Retail account reconciliation including cash, credit cards and customer accounts

•      Accrual management including posting of accruals

•      Stock adjustment management

•      Fixed Assets accounting, CAPEX reporting and tracking

•      Store support (opening, closing, SAP integration, data management, payment integration, stock take)

•      Intercompany transactions, reconciliations and ensuring all books are reconciled

•      End of Service management support for HR

•      Lead the audit process and activities including year-end, stock take and sales audit

•      Preparation and submission of the VAT report

•      Monthly stock reconciliation

•      Booking and monitoring rent expenses

•      Support in tracking and reviewing the shared service/external provider performance

•      Handles treasury related duties such as processing of payments and liaising with the banks

•      Petty cash management and cash collection from stores reconciliation

•      Cheque preparation, booking and tracking

•      Development of new templates and best practice approaches