Assistant Controller (Saudi Arabia)

Eram Talent, a leading Talent Acquisition Consultancy, is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Assistant Controller to join their team in Saudi Arabia. As an Assistant Controller at Eram Talent, you will play a crucial role in managing financial operations and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations. Eram Talent is committed to providing exceptional recruitment solutions and values professionalism, expertise, and dedication in their employees.

Roles & Responsibilities

This role is an essential support for the controllership function within Finance Team. In addition to focusing on the Accounts Receivable process and Month End procedures, the role will be integral in providing support to the wider Finance team.

The essential elements of the role include; -

Sales and Receivables processes

• Set up and maintenance of Customer accounts, including information gathering, adherence to compliant Neom guidance for customer accounts.
• Creating of all Invoice and Credit Notes for the Media Sector in a timely manner with the relevant backup.
• Liaising with Production Operations to ensure the billing information is correct and timely.
• Ensure the allocation of Payments onto client accounts is accurate.
• Liaise directly with Customers to create strong working relationships and secure the information required to onboard them and resolve any invoicing issues.
• Tracking of the aged Debtors invoices raised and assisting in the collection of the invoices with administrative and operational support to the Collections Team.
• Liaising with Accounts Receivable to resolve any data or compliance issues related to invoicing and customer setup.
• Liaising with legal and governmental affairs to source documentation required for supporting Neom Media registering on Customer Vendor Portals
• Prepare and present regular reports on the progress of Invoice raising, Customer onboarding and Customer Vendor requirements to ensure progress is transparent and continuous.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and relevant accounting regulations.
• Improve the efficiency of the Sales and Receivables process through process design and implementation along with the Neom Media Finance Team

Accounts Payable process

• Review the outstanding creditors on a weekly basis for appropriateness and ensure the relevant sensitive invoices are prioritized.
• Create strong working relationships with the Accounts Payables function to ensure Neom Media has the appropriate payables profile matching the operational requirements.

Month End procedures

• Support of the Neom Media Finance team with preparations for Month End close
• Analysis of transactions in the month
• Preparation of journals for posting by Central Finance
• Liaising with Central Finance to ensure Journals are posted and executed accurately and on time.
• Ad hoc activities as delegated in coordination with the wider Neom Media Finance Team.

Knowledge skills and Experience

• 5 years’ experience within Sales and Receivables processes
• Prior use of SAP4Hana
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Professional certification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CPA) is a plus.
• Advanced use of Excel and other Microsoft Office products
• Bilingual Arabic & English
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• A desire to create a best-in-class controllership function