Chief Accountant - Glassline Industries - Lebanon

- The Chief Accountant is responsible for all areas relating to financial reporting. This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely
financial statements.
- The Chief Accountant supervises the staff and is responsible for managing the team to ensure that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner. This position
addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, financial reporting, year end audit preparation and the support of budget and forecast activities.
- Overall review of the company’s financial position including cash in hand, at banks and finance resources (overdrafts/loans…)
- Insuring that all accounting transactions are in conformity with the requirements of the Lebanese laws and procedures including timely declarations to governmental or other public sectors (VAT – Tax on Pay – Social Security…)
- Creation and maintenance of the Chart of Accounts in conformity with the Lebanese Chart of Accounts and in coherence with the required tax declarations and requested managerial reports
- Design of different reports requested by the Management (Income Statement, financial position, cash flow….)
- Preparing timely reports/data as requested by auditors or official inspectors.
- Acting as the company representative during audits and official inspections.
- Control over stock taking and review of results in specific variations and advise with corrective actions
Verifying the correctness of Accounting department filing system through spot checking
- Checking VAT receivable and payable movements related to sales and expenses and verifying correctness of posting to accounting department
- Review and control of all accounting and related entries (payroll, assets, job costing…)
- Understanding local laws and ensuring timely declarations to concerned governmental/legal authorities
- Review of payroll and insuring proper and timely submittal of forms and declarations to the Ministry of Finance, NSSF or other financial declarations to public sectors.
Preparing cash flow of projects

Desired Skills and Experience
- Minimum 7 years of experience
- Experience in a contracting or Industrial Firm is a must
- Experience in Audit Firm is a plus
- Knowledge of Visual Dolphin
- English literate

info@glasslineindustries.com