Al-Bahar Background

Mohamed Abdulrahman Al-Bahar founded in 1937, is a leading business house in the Arabian Gulf with a vision to become the number one provider of customer value in construction equipment, energy and transportation, and materials handling industry.

Al-Bahar are dealers of Cat® machinery, heavy equipment and power systems for a wide variety of applications, including earthmoving, building and construction, mining, road making construction, demolition, waste and scrap handling, electric power generation, marine propulsion etc.

With more than 2,000 committed employees, Al-Bahar offers a highly engaging and supportive work environment in a culture that values, recognizes and rewards quality performance.

Our Human Resources Critical Success Factors are:

Continue to build and strengthen intellectual capital by hiring and retaining quality people, rewarding performance, and providing them with growth opportunities.

Job Overview

Responsible for supervising the accounts team in their day-to-day work and assigning tasks to them. Also prepares financial reports and works on special assignments dealing with accounting matters.

Job Responsibilities:

Business planning & budgeting

· Provide support to the Chief Accountant in the development of annual budget for the department.

Objective settings and achievements

· Support execution and achievements of department objectives and action plans.

Operational excellence - Finance & Accounts

• Prepare and update monthly checklist to ensure the accounts team effectively and efficiently complete all month end tasks and reporting.
• Ensure accounts payable transactions to suppliers and employees are in line with company policies.
• Supervise and assist in posting financial transactions and the efficient management of new and existing supplier accounts.
• Assist in monitoring all receivables to ensure cash flow is in line with company requirements, and in controlling fixed assets and inventories as per company guidelines.
• Check supporting documentation for prime products and rental invoices for accuracy before releasing in the system.
• Check LC documents and ensure the ongoing security and integrity of all financial data.
• Check system control accounts and ensure outstanding issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Follow up claims from foreign suppliers & control reconciliation of all payables and major supplier accounts.
• Ensure assets, employee and company insurances and warranties are valid and in line with ongoing business requirements.
• Effect changes in computer system as may be required in coordination with the Senior Management.
• Prepare various financial reports as required by management.
• Provide support to internal and external auditors and resolve queries in a professional and timely manner.
• Manage and monitor departmental activities in the absence of Chief Accountant.

Communication & team work

• Communicate well with peers and other staff of the department as well as with other employees of the Branch.
• Work closely with peers and develop strong synergy with Sales, Service and Parts employees.

Company policies & procedures

· Ensure full compliance and adherence to all company policies and procedures.

Customer

Al-Bahar image

· Promote and conduct business in a professional manner in order to protect the integrity of the Al-Bahar image.

Supplier relationship

· Maintain healthy and excellent relationships with the Banking and Financial Sectors in the territory & liaise with them for L/Cs, LGs, interest rates etc.

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 6-8 years of accountancy experience.