Description de l'entreprise
Joining SOCOTEC means joining an active and ambitious community of 12,000 experts worldwide (turnover of €1,3MM in 2023 compared to €510M in 2016, i.e. 150% growth in 7 years), players in the city of tomorrow, ready to take up new challenges in the field of Testing, Inspection and Certification in Construction, Infrastructure and Industry.
We provide risk management and technical consulting services and support our clients throughout the asset cycle.
We are committed to sustainability and deliver Green Trust services to our clients.
Our objectives are to ensure their compliance, extend their lifespan, improve their environmental performance and guarantee the safety of people.
SOCOTEC’s leading position :
- #1 in Building control in France and in the UK
- #1 in TICC infrastructure in the UK and Italy
- #1 in Wind turbines and photovoltaic panels inspection in France
- #3 in Inspection of in-service facilities in France
- A leading company in Tunnelling and in Ordnance Detection in Germany
- A European leader in nuclear power plant inspections, ordnance detection, soil and site pollution measurement and investigation, and inspections of industrial equipment
- A worldwide player in monitoring for the construction and infrastructure sectors, technical inspection for construction, testing and measurement, and certification.
Description du poste
Management process
- Managing the accounting of Socotec UAE 3 companies
- Recording all financial transactions of the companies.
- Provide accurate and timely financial information and data to the Financial Controller.
- Prepare financial reports and dashboards as requested by the Financial Controller and General Manager.
- Controlling pay roll ensuring salaries are paid monthly.
- Preplanning payments to suppliers and employees and follow up payments from customers.
- Making a record of all the financial transactions of the branch.
Fulfilment processes
- To maintain branch accounting documentation and prepares monthly summaries of the budget monitoring such as regularisations, invoicing, banks reconciliations, productions & payments and clients’ accounts.
- To prepare the financial statements of the businesses at the end of each financial cycle or the intervals decided by Socotec.
- To prepare the statistical data regarding the finances of the branch and analysing it on request as well as on a regular basis.
- Responsible for recording all the accounts payable/receivable with proper details.
- Responsible for keeping payroll record of the employees with all the relevant details.
- Work closely with General Manager in order to verify the adequacy of invoices planning and prepares the invoices as per indications given in the contract.
- To prepare the statement of accounts.
- To submit suppliers' invoices to be approved by the General Manager.
- Responsible for following up the receipt of the invoices by the clients, the processing of the invoice in their accountancy department.
- Responsible for managing cash collection and following the Aged Debt process detailed with the QHSE management system.
- To ensure the archiving of accounting documents for completed work.
- To ensure the monthly back-up saving of the accounting data.
- To check the consistency of the current-accounts and clients-accounts.
- To manage the file of fixed assets.
- To prepare various official documents requested by the authorities.
Support processes
- Make sure that training plans match the upskilling requirements of employees.
- Organise information exchanges and top-down / bottom-up dialogue.
- Health and Safety Responsibilities
- To promote a positive and proactive health and safety culture through leadership and effective management.
- To comply with Socotec International and client quality, safety and environmental systems and procedures at all times.
- Ensure that all accidents, incidents, near misses or hazards are immediately reported and relevant paperwork is completed.
- To work within the team to develop a culture where everyone embraces, upholds and accepts responsibility for a safe workplace, a healthy working life, a sustainable environment and the right and duty to intervene.
Qualifications
The Senior Accountant candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, with 8 years minimum with similar experience for a major company or division of a large corporation. Service industry experience is preferred. Experience with Sage is a strong plus.
- Detail oriented, strong analytical skills and initiative
- Thorough understanding of accrual based accounting and GAAP
- Flexible, resourceful and self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple deliverables
- Effective collaborator with strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Ability to adhere to month-end close timelines
- Strong Excel skills including Pivot tables and vlookups
