Financial Accountant - Senior Manager at The Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Job Summary

• You believe you have the educational background and professional experience to contribute to restoring CAF’s reputation and elevate the organization to the highest international standards.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the preparation of the financial report and making sure proper controls are incorporated, and that accounting information is accurately captured, classified, and recorded.
• Align the preparation of accounts to the available chart of accounts.
• Close collaboration with auditors for the audit and publication of annual accounts.
• Daily review of trial balance for accuracy and proper classification in line with accounting standards.
• Ensure efficient and effective controls are in place for the flowthrough of mappings into the general ledger.
• Manage and comply with local government reporting and IFRS requirements.
• Proactively support the Finance Director in engaging the Management on quarterly financial performance updates.
• Manage VAT and other tax-related issues for the organization.

Requirements (Profile)

• A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Professional qualification in accounting (ESAA/CPA/ACCA/CIMA) and a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in financial reporting.
• Hands-on and demonstrable experience in financial reporting.
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of chart of accounts and flowthrough to the financial statement.
• Excellent understanding of accounting standards.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Minimum 5 years of managerial experience in finance.
• Hands-on experience in Microsoft suite applications.
• Demonstrable experience in the preparation of annual accounts.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); fluency in another official CAF language (French or Arabic) is an asset.
• Very good communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to interact with people of diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Knowledge of tax and relevant laws and regulations.
• Ability to work under pressure and a team player.
• Providing direction and leadership to teams.

We Offer

• An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization.
• Attractive employment conditions.
• The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team.
• Quality social security coverage.
• An excellent pension scheme.

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