Employer : Adidas 

Vacancy : Accountant

Purpose / Mission:

To perform solid bookkeeping, both compliant internally (Group policies and guidelines) and externally

(local audit/tax requirements) by establishing strong controls and processes with a focus on Trade

Accounts Payable and Non Trade Purchasing.

Functional Tasks:

• To prepare and book operating expenses in accordance with Group finance manual • To review and

post bookings from another team member to ensure strong controls • To perform daily and recurrent

tasks (monthly entries, quarterly forecasts, yearly budget) as per the Group deadlines and IFRS

requirements • To initiate and drive improvement in current accounting processes and to control proper

implementation • To support other departments in driving process improvements in all accounting

related processes • To support Accounting Team Manager in administering accounting system

maintenance • To meet the set timelines of the Accounting Team Manager for the month end closing

process of two companies • To monitor and reconcile the monthly B/S and P&L movements • To ensure

proper compliance of accounting processes and policies with the Group Internal guidelines (ICS) • To

highlight control deficiencies to Senior Management and implement solutions to close control gaps • To

review and follow up of all outstanding GL accounts and fixed assets transactions • To ensure proper

submission of financial reports to the external auditors • To submit all payments requests in line with

the defined cut-off times 

Controlling Tasks:

• To measure progress on own KPIs • To highlight any deviations to agreed plans to the Accounting

Team Manager • To ensure a strong internal control environment in Accounting, with a strong focus 

KPIs:

• Accuracy on all booking and reporting • Clean system bookkeeping • Score of the ICS/internal audit •

Satisfaction of internal (other functions, Management ) and external parties (Auditors…) • Reliable

financial feasibility analysis (submission of RFC and Budget within dedicated area of responsibility)

 
Educational background:

• University degree in Accounting or Finance • CA/CPA/ACCA/CIMA qualified is a major advantage

 
Professional background:

• Functional:> 2 years accounting and controlling • Industry: ideally apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG •

Exposure: Audit, tax, insurance

 
IT skills:

• Outlook: Basic • Word: Basic • Excel: Expert • PowerPoint: Advanced • SAP: Advanced 

Language skills:

• English: Fluent • Arabic: Fluent

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