Senior Accountant

Description:

To undertake all accounting operations in the organization. Overall responsibility of the accounting operation, system and procedures for all different account activities in the company.
To ensure accurate and regular entries of accounting operations in order to continuously reflect an up to date image of the actual financial status of the organization. To produce quarterly profit and loss, balance sheets and income tax statements as required by the Management and / or the Qatar Government.
Duties and Responsibilities
− Prepares the daily entries and Journal Vouchers.
− Issues the invoices based on work orders
− Checks and reviews the suppliers’ invoices.
− Checks the bank accounts daily and presents the bank reconciliation statement monthly to the management after checking the appropriate interest rates.
− Prepares the trial balance, profit and loss statement and the balance sheet, monthly.
− Issues a monthly statement for cost centers after checking details.
− Follows up fixed assets status every three months by stock count and controls moving the equipment from and to the central lab., through entries to be posted to the cost center.
− Issues monthly statements, balance sheet, profit and loss and a trial balance to be checked by the auditors.
− Follows up the clients accounts and collect their dues as per mutual agreements.
− Prepares a general statement for suppliers’ payments on the end of the month so that cheques can be issued at the end of the month.
− Checks the attendance sheets before issuing the salaries statement.
− Issues a computer statement for monthly salaries of daily workers and employees and submits to General Manager to issue pay cheques on the 30th or 31st.
− Checks the petty cash every day and compares the real balance with the book balance of the cashiers.
− Checks the petty cash invoices and checks actual market prices when needed.
− Coordinates with Internal / External auditors on legal aspects of QGEC books and proper implementation of locally recognized accounting procedures.
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor of arts (BA) in accounting or equivalent degree with a minimum of 3-5 years related experience in auditing with big company (EY, Deliotte and PWC) or equivalent combination of education and experience.