Senior Accountant - KSA

About the Role

About the role:

Responsible for comprehensive financial analysis and technical accounting oversight for KSA.

Your Key Responsibilities

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analysis of country P&L and margin analysis: Perform deep-dive analysis of regional P&L, focusing on Adjusted EBITDA and gross margin optimization. Identify and report on technical drivers of variance (MTD, QTD, YTD).
• P&L Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the technical preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts. Ensure alignment between operational targets and financial reality across multiple KSA entities.
• Balance Sheet Reviews/Reconciliations: Take full ownership of the General Ledger. Perform complex reconciliations, manage accruals/provisions, and resolve long-standing items (including aged GRIR balances) to ensure audit readiness.
• Providing support and guidance to business: Act as a technical financial partner to the MENA leadership team, providing data-driven insights to support commercial decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Providing and interpreting financial information: Translate complex financial data into actionable management reports. Ensure all information adheres to IFRS and local KSA GAAP standards.
• Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and predicting future trends: Execute technical cash flow modelling and liquidity forecasting. Monitor working capital cycles and treasury requirements for KSA.
• Liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out: Serve as the primary technical lead for external and internal audits. Manage the preparation of audit files, tax packs, and the finalization of statutory financial statements.
• Producing accurate financial reports to specific deadlines: Manage the end-to-end month-end close process. Ensure "Flash Reporting" and Group submissions are completed with high technical accuracy and zero-latency.
• Other tasks as they arise as per any new requirement: Execute special technical projects, including system enhancements, IFRS mapping updates, and strategic financial clean-ups.
• Budget preparation for several entities: Coordinate consolidated budget frameworks for various legal entities, ensuring local statutory requirements are balanced with global group expectations.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant tax laws in KSA and executing required filings: Subject matter expert for region tax compliance. Manage the calculation and filing of CIT, VAT/TVA, and Withholding Tax via local electronic portals.
• Prepare, review, and submit monthly/quarterly VAT returns through the ZATCA portal, ensuring full compliance with KSA VAT regulations.
• Manage WHT (Withholding Tax) calculations, filings, and reconciliations for foreign vendor transactions in accordance with KSA tax laws.
• Prepare Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and Zakat schedules, supporting accurate and timely submissions.
• Ensure compliance with ZATCA e-invoicing (FATOORA) requirements, including invoice validation and system alignment.
• Coordinate with tax consultants and regulatory authorities regarding tax assessments, audits, and clarifications.
• Monitor changes in KSA tax legislation and assess financial/reporting impacts on the business.

Perform VAT reconciliation between ERP records, financial statements, and tax filings.

• Review cross-border transactions to ensure proper tax treatment and documentation.
• Support transfer pricing documentation and intercompany transaction compliance where applicable.
• Ensure proper retention and maintenance of tax documentation for statutory and audit purposes.
• Lead tax-related month-end and year-end closing activities, including tax provisions and deferred tax calculations.
• Identify tax risks and recommend process improvements to strengthen internal tax controls and compliance.

Qualifications / Requirements

Required Knowledge

• Expert Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Financial modelling, Power Query, Nested Logic).
• Solid financial understanding of IFRS and Local Statutory GAAP.
• SAP experience is essential (Advanced T-Codes for reporting and data extraction).
• Technical application of KSA Tax Laws.

Experience Required

• Minimum 6 years' experience in a similar technical financial or senior accounting position.
• Extensive experience in Advanced Microsoft Excel and automated modelling.
• Proven experience in executing tax filings and maintaining compliance in KSA jurisdictions.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent numeric skills and attention to detail.
• High levels of compliance to processes and assertiveness with non-compliance issues.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently to strict deadlines.
• Resilience and versatility in high-pressure environments.

Values

• Demonstrates and embraces Westcon-Comstor values of Ambition, Partnership, Integrity, and Accountability.