Job Purpose:
Responsible for maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with accounting principles, standards, and regulations. This role involves preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, assisting in month-end and year-end closing processes, and supporting financial audits. The General Accountant plays a key role in providing timely and reliable financial information to support decision-making and ensure the financial health of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Maintains accounting controls and financial security throughout all the transactions carried by auditing documents, adhering to the approved policies and procedures, and alerting the manager with any abnormalities or discrepancies noticed.
- Ensures the accuracy and correctness of all financial entries carried by him/her in the Oracle Fusion system in conformity with recognized financial dimensions. Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
- Handles all the fuel and handling Landing, Ground, Technical and overfly vendors invoices and queries timely and accurately; posts the invoices for approval in line with adopted procedures; interacts with users from other departments whenever necessary to resolve issues and obtain approvals and process timely payments without any delays.
- To be aware of fleet maintenance costs and ensure all costs and spare parts recorded in AMOS system.
- Executes all assigned accounts Debit Notes/Credit Notes ensuring timely and accurate posting to cost elements in Oracle Fusion system.
- Ensures that, fuel price notifications are received from all the fuel suppliers in timely manner, are reviewed with contractual terms and highlight to Manager Management Accounts for any discrepancies, fuel prices are updated in the system.
- Monitors the flow of activities with outsource service providers and ensures all invoices are posted on timely basis and addresses issues if any for remedial actions.; maintainsand communicates the procedural manual to the service providers.
- Ensures all the Bank Guarantees received from Fuel Suppliers are renewed as per agreed terms and timeframes in line with Company's procedures.
- Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing accounts information for the general accounts such as suppliers on monthly basis including Supplier Balance Reconciliations.
- Reviews all fuel related cost accounts before monthly and annual closing by compiling all related information.
Dimensions:
Personal Qualities:
- Strong knowledge of financial regulations, standards (e.g., IFRS, GAAP), and compliance requirements.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret and manage complex financial data.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail in financial reporting.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and meet tight deadlines.
- Good communication and collaboration skills for working across departments.
- Proactive and organized, with excellent time management abilities.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Professional certification such as CPA, CMA, or equivalent is a plus.
Experience:
- 3+ years of comprehensive working experience in corporate finance or accounting in any industry, preferably for a company operating on regional/multinational level.
- He/she must have worked in a mid-sized organization operating on a regional/multinational level, preferably in Airlines/Travel/Tourism industry; experience with low-cost airline would be an advantage.
- Strong math and numerical reasoning ability and high accuracy are mandatory for this role and familiar with formalities and pre-requisites associated with internal and external audits.
- Experienced in a computerized accounting environment is essential and very good exposure on financial models and new technologies in the industry.
- Excellent financial, analytical and reporting skills andcapable of meeting deadlines without compromising quality of outcome and proven skills in analyzing data, identifying irregularities and recommending corrective measures.
- High attention to details, confidentiality, and ability to adhere to procedures and set measures are a must.
- Cost-oriented, possesses effective negotiation and problem solving skillsandability to use a balance of technical expertise, and interpersonal relations to interact with senior level stakeholders and external providers to support company's objectives.
- Oracle Fusion AMOS is an advantage.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office- Advanced Excel skills.
- Fluent in English Language
