Accountant

A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a €2.7 billion turnover, and established on all continents, counts 11,000 employees and 96 nationalities.

On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners, and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms.

To nourish 9 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge.

Working together to better nourish and protect the planet.

Job Description

Reporting to our CFO in Dubai, you will provide support to the financial department by managing daily accounting tasks. You will be part of a team of professionals working to maintain order and transparency for the company’s finances.

Main responsibilities:

• Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded.
• Post/manage accounts receivable entries and provide the credit advice to sales admin team.
• Preparing the aging report and following up the overdue.
• Post accounts payable entries through purchase orders and ensure the 3-way match are validated.
• Ensuring the Customers & Vendors accounts are reconciled.
• Bank reconciliation activities to be matched with bank statement.
• Post fixed assets entries by capitalize the new assets and disposals as well.
• Post accruals & prepaid entries on monthly basis.
• Manage ledger accounts and petty cash.
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines.
• Assist with reviewing of expenses and preparing monthly reports.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly/yearly closing.
• Support in providing external auditors requirements.
• Creation of ad hoc reports.

Qualifications

• Four years of experience in accounting
• Strict sense of confidentiality
• SAP user 
• Fluent English