Adamco Pharm is a fast-growing international pharmaceutical holding Company based in Cairo - Egypt, that is responsible for managing international business through searching for new market opportunities where it can expand the volume of the business.
Adamco Pharm is a commercial pharmaceutical agency with a medical portfolio that surpasses 100 products and more than 150 SKUs.
Adamco Pharm holding owns a group of subsidiaries, as EGY Nile Pharm in Burkina, Niger, and Mali, and Egypt Niger.
VACANCY:
We are seeking to hire Chief Accountant - French Speaker as per the following details:
- Reporting to: Finance Manager
- Location: Adamco Pharm, 6 October, Giza
Job Purpose:
The Chief Accountant role is responsible for develop and formulate strategic plans for financial activities by managing and monitoring all financial transactions, safeguarding company funds, assets and rights, coordinating subsidiary departments' activities, enhancing financial operations efficiency, supervising all accounting functions of the company, and ensuring implementation of approved financial and accounting policies and procedures.
A. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in developing accounting systems and recommend modifications to align with Egyptian/international accounting standards and tax requirements.
- Prepare accurate financial reports and accounts within designated deadlines.
- Provide support and required documentation to the CFO for periodic financial statement analyses (profitability ratios, borrowing, liquidity, etc.).
- Contribute to risk assessment by evaluating factors impacting the company (fixed assets value, cash liquidity, market competition, currency exchange rates).
- Establish a control system for maintaining and monitoring financial ledgers, documents, and printed materials that verify monetary values, including post-usage storage protocols.
- Manage insurance coverage for company assets, properties, and financially responsible personnel against all potential risks.
- Supervise and control accounting entries to ensure precise and error-free financial recording.
- Analyze company cash flows and submit periodic reports to the CFO.
- Verify daily accounting entries for all financial transactions and ensure proper recording in the accounting software.
- Supervise and control the preparation of financial reports and final accounts within specified deadlines with complete accuracy.
- Oversee the preparation of financial statements, trial balances, and the company's financial position reports.
- Monitor treasury disbursement processes and review related payment vouchers.
- Track cash supply operations, ensure their proper recording in ledgers/accounting software, and approve daily treasury movement reports.
- Exercise control over financial custodianships issued by the company to employees.
- Review advances, custodial accounts, and monthly salaries/wages, ensuring their timely disbursement.
- Monitor recording of all bank transaction entries and verify reconciliation with bank statements.
- Conduct daily review of company bank accounts across different banks, ensuring adequate account coverage.
- Prepare weekly reports on company bank balances and reconciled position statements, determining short-term liability issuance timing.
- Prepare accounting entries for bank reconciliations and maintain incoming/outgoing product cost statements.
- Track banking facilities and related accounts.
- Monitor documentary letters of credit and ensure proper procedures are followed.
- Propose appropriate exchange rates for recording foreign currency transactions.
- Execute financial auditing procedures and verify their integrity to safeguard company funds and assets.
- Conduct periodic and surprise inventory counts for warehouses, comparing physical with book quantities, identifying variances with root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Review financial terms of company contracts with third parties to prevent erroneous financial obligations, consulting with legal department on questionable clauses.
- Perform monthly controls comparing actual performance against budgeted figures, analyzing variances and implementing corrective measures.
- Monitor cash in main and subsidiary treasuries, conducting periodic/unannounced counts and expenditure controls.
- Review expenditure registers against the company's annual budget.
- Prepare cost statements and analyze deviations from standard rates, identifying causes and implementing solutions.
- Develop activity-based costing models to optimize company resource utilization.
- Record, measure and depreciate fixed assets, classifying them by cost centers.
B. Job Requirements:
- Qualification/Knowledge/Experience:
- Level of education: Relevant degree preferably with post-graduate business qualification MBA or CMA.
- Experience:
- Six years of experience in the same title.
- Language: Strong command of English & French languages.
- IT Literacy: Demonstrable expertise in Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel) and general computer skills with any ERP Sys.
2.Competencies and Behaviors:
Technical Competencies:
- Strategic financial management
- Financial crisis management
- Corporate financial analysis
- Modern organizational management during crises
- Financial controls for cash and account handovers
- Implementation of approved strategic plans
- Comprehensive knowledge of quality management systems
- Internal auditing
- Taxation law
- Labor law
- Social insurance law
- Other applicable regulations
Core Skills:
- Leadership & management
- Effective planning
- Client relations
- Negotiation
- Performance under pressure
- Problem analysis & resolution
- Data analysis & detailed reporting
- Motivation
- Forecasting & analytics
- Decision-making
- Goal setting & formulation
- Attention to detail
- Focus & discipline
- Teamwork
- Time management
Job Type: Full-time
Language:
- French (Preferred)
