Assistant Financial Controller – Egypt & Levant

About Unilever
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Job Purpose
The position will be responsible for delivery on assigned Record to Report processes, Balance Sheet schedules, monthly books closing for assigned companies, variance analysis, preparation of statutory Financial Statements.

The role is responsible to review & ensure proper compliance with Accounting Policy Manual & Egypt Accounting Standards Also the role act as finance partner to ensure that the operational controls is in place.

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be
• Overseeing the end-to-end service delivery in Record to Report, Source to Pay, and Order to Cash for the group.
• Providing accounting expertise to stakeholders within the countries as well as service providers who perform transactional work for Unilever
• Analysis and interpretation of accounting records for the purpose of ensuring data correctness, quality, and fair representation of business events
• Ensuring compliance to the timeliness and accuracy of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting process.
• Ensuring compliance with Unilever’s reporting policies, IFRS and statutory accounting requirements for the dedicated countries
• Performing review and exercising control over of the accounting processes delivered by service provider (including account reconciliation and month end closing activities)
• Taking ownership of the process areas within R2R for the purpose of driving simplification, and delivering expertise knowledge in that area
• Monitoring compliance with Unilever global controls framework as function lead
• Supporting country finance organization in delivery of new projects and managing change in R2R
• Cooperation with internal and external auditors to ensure timely query resolution and delivery of audit samples
• Support and prepare statutory financial statements for assigned companies
• Coordinating and facilitating the process of documenting accounting policies and procedures
• Improvement and development of internal processes and controls.

What You Need To Succeed
Experiences & Qualifications:
• 5–6-year experience in Financial Accounting.
• Bachelor’s degree of Commerce or equivalent
• Good analytical skill
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Good knowledge of Egypt Accounting Standards (EAS) and IFRS
• Big 4 audit firm experience is a plus
• Sap Experience is a preference

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