Location: Erbil
Job Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
2025-10-02
About vacancy
mselect is looking to hire a Senior Accountant for a construction client in Erbil, Iraq. Candidates must have 3–5 years of work experience in a financial role. Fluency in Kurdish, Arabic, and English is a must.
Job Purpose
The role is responsible for registering data in Phenix systems to fulfil legal and tax obligations, while overseeing all financial and payment/collection processes of the company in accordance with legal regulations and company procedures.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
Job Purpose
The role is responsible for registering data in Phenix systems to fulfil legal and tax obligations, while overseeing all financial and payment/collection processes of the company in accordance with legal regulations and company procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing business activity reports, financial statements, and forecasts -Ensuring financial legal requirements are met
- Developing financial reporting systems
- Aiding management in financial decisions
- Maintaining up-to-date financial system knowledge
- Track declaration submission processes to ensure that the relevant accounting is performed correctly and prepare periodic VAT and Sales Tax Declarations in a timely and proper manner
- Preparing the final financial report at the end of each year & monthly financial report
- Directing financial planning and strategy
- Overseeing audit and tax functions
- Developing and implementing accounting policies
- Preparing forecasts and comprehensive budgets
- Reviewing departmental budgets
- Preparing documents for Bank Transactions
- Managing internal controls
- Perform financial management duties including generating financial data, compiling and submitting reports, analyzing industry trends and assessing the financial health of the company
- Oversee the operations and development of the company’s finance departments, including creating and reviewing policies, budgeting, recruiting, training and conducting regular assessments of financial procedures
- Supervise the preparation of quarterly and annual account reconciliations, monitor and enforce compliance with tax and financial reporting standards and assist with cash flow forecasting
- Supervise the documentation of the company’s financial status and forecasts
Requirements
- 3–5 years of work experience in a financial role
- Good knowledge of the Phenix system
- Strong Excel skills
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting
- Excellent computer skills, including high proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Attention to detail
- Reliability and discretion
- Adaptability
- Ability to multitask and work well under pressure
- Ability to work well in a team
- Comfortable interacting with all levels of management in multiple areas
- Self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to management
- Fluency in Kurdish, Arabic, and English, with good command of speaking and writing
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
