Accountant - Arab Thought Foundation - Lebanon

Arab Thought Foundation is seeking a qualified accountant, for its office in Beirut to maintain the Foundation’s general ledger and process accounting transactions on the system, provide financial information and reports, maintain and reconcile accounts

Roles and Responsibilities
- Maintain the chart of accounts.
- Prepare and record financial accounting entries (such as accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and others) on the accounting system.
- Prepare and record receipt and payment vouchers on the accounting system.
- Maintain fixed assets register and update the accounting system accordingly.
- Record cash and bank related transactions.
- Perform regular suppliers’ reconciliations.
- Prepare statements of accounts when requested by the Chief Accountant.
- Process closing procedures on a timely basis.
- Assist in preparing financial statements, budgets and regulatory filings.
- Document and file accounting transactions in an organized manner.
- Secures financial information by completing database backups; keeping information confidential.
- Provides financial status information by preparing special reports; completing special projects.

Internal Interaction and Relationships
- All departments

External Interaction and Relationships
- External auditors
- External Suppliers, venders

Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 years experience in Financial and Accounting activities
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.
- Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Stress Tolerance

All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered. No further information will be given over the phone.Please Note that applications will be reviewed as they are received and successful candidates contacted on an on-going basis.

STARTING DATE: Immediate. We’re looking for people who can start as soon as possible or within the next few weeks.

Each application package should include the following:
- Job title for the role you are applying for in subject header of the email
- Cover letter with the applicant’s current contact information
- CV (including detailed work experience, education/degrees) – 3pages maximum
- Professional References (minimum of three, with complete contact information)
- Kindly do not send supporting certificates and documents at this stage
- Letter and CV should be saved into one Word or PDF document and sent to

Only short listed candidates will be contacted: hr@arabthought.org

Please note that the closing date for applications is May 22nd ,2013