Senior Accountant
Canadian Embassy Amman
Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months
• Prepares the input to business cases for submission to Headquarters, for changes to the mission’s reference levels and manages the administration of the Mission’s budget.
• Responsible for preparing financial statements, maintaining cash controls, preparing the payroll and personnel.
• Role as primary Contact of finance services for Amman and Iraq Missions
• Reviews and implements/recommends improvements to financial procedures, guidelines and systems at the mission
• Work on Payroll sheets and make adjustments to include allowances and the deduction of appropriate social security
• Manages and lead the provision of financial and accounting services/system to the Mission, by ensuring that the financial transactions are recorded properly in our accounting/financial system.
• Keep tracking and checking Mission’s cash flow
• Provides financial advice to mission managers and staff, and acts as a focal point of senior financial expertise for Accountants at other missions in the same geographic region.
• Manages the implementation, operation and maintenance of the Accounting systems (SAP) at the mission.
• Supports a productive working relationship with the mission bank, other financial establishments, local government agencies and other diplomatic missions.
• Prepare and reconcile bank statements
• Manages a team of accounting staff at both hub and spoke missions.
• Monitoring budgets and maintaining it, plus managing the flow of all financial information from Mission to HQ.
• Processes supplier invoices and keep tracking of the purchase orders on the financial system.
• Responsible for all accounting, financial information and reports for the Embassy and analyzing them monthly.
• Performed monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations and audit work papers, footnotes, and schedules as requested.
• Following up budget allocations (commitments and reservations) and coding ensuring that all funds are spent in appropriate and timely manner.
• Provided training in the use of the computerized financial system SAP MIS and assisted departmental personnel with budget questions, proper expenditure coding, document processing and other accounting related activities.
• Performed fiscal year-end and fixed asset accounting as well as annual and mid-year budgets.
• Performed monthly close of books and analyzing results in a timely manner in order to bring all issues to the head management attention so they can take decisions accordingly.
• Performed variance analysis, cost estimates, budgets, standard updates, journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Act as liaison between Finance and other sections to improve productivity and achieve strategic objectives.
• I’m using SAP system (IMS) to do our financials in the Canadian Embassy