Accountant and Compliance Officer

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at affordable prices . We are part of IKEA Al-Homaizi Limited, operating in three countries - Kuwait, Jordan, and Morocco.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We hire and treat our co-workers in a manner that does not discriminate with regards to gender, race, colour, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, nationality, political opinion, union affiliation, social or ethnic origin.

Our keywords are Home, People, Happiness, Development, Leadership, Inclusion & Diversity, All with Passion!

Join us to bridge your dreams and unique ideas within an organization that believes in People !

A day in your life with us:

• To ensure efficient & accurate IKEA accounts.
•  Ensure a smooth operation for administering the Company’s fiscal affairs in accordance with applicable local guidelines.
• The department manages the annual audit, annual budget and advises management on all aspects of financial planning.
• To support the Chief Accountant and BNOM by taking full responsibility of daily accounts, by maintaining the accounts of daily transactions and managing the compliance and legal topics of IKEA Jordan.

Key Assignments :

• Sales - in co-ordination with the Chief Accountant: 

1.  Controlling and follow-up of all credit invoices and their payments
2.  Dispatch of Credit Invoices to Customer.
3. Co-ordinate with Contracts Dept. with respect to Project Customers
4. Posting and control of all down-payments.
5.  Follow-up of credit cards and payments with the bank.

• Reconciliation- in co-ordination with the Chief Accountant:

1. Credit card reconciliation- system vs. actual on a daily, weekly & monthly basis.
2. Reconciliation of down-payments with the General Ledger on a monthly basis.
3. Reconciliation of staff advances, employee mobile expenses, cheque in suspense a/c on a monthly basis.
4. Bank Reconciliations on a monthly basis.

•  Accounting:

1. All routine Journal vouchers entered in the Accounting System should be approved by the Sr. Accountant
2. To assist the Sr. Accountant in the preparation of monthly financial statements.
3. Directly involve in the stock count and ensure accuracy of the count.
4. All routine Journal vouchers entered in the Accounting System should be approved by the Chief Accountant
5. To assist the Sr. Accountant in the preparation of monthly financial statements.

• Payments to suppliers

1. Verification of vendor invoices for correctness and proper authorisation
2. Accounting of vendor invoices through Vendor accounts using the correct account & cost codes.
3. Reconciliation of vendor accounts on a monthly basis.
4. Issue of cheques to suppliers/clients.
5. Filing of Bank payment vouchers.

• BSc degree in Accounting or AIS. 
• Maximum 2 -5 years of experience. 
• High English proficiency level.
• Good knowledge of accounting software.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts, conditional formatting, etc.).
• Communication Skills.
• Ability to make things happen by championing flexibility, speed and simplicity.

* Local employment regulations applies