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SENIOR AR ACCOUNTANT

Brand Aid Marketing Solutions • Full-time • عمان, JO • 1d ago

BRAND AID GROUP

JOB DESCRIPTION — SENIOR AR ACCOUNTANT

Jordan | Allocation: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

1. Position Overview

Position: Senior AR Accountant

Physical Location: Jordan

Allocation: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

Coverage / Scope: Jordan AR and Lebanon and Syria AR, and that will be based in Jordan

Job family: Accounts Receivable / Order-to-Cash. This role is responsible for ensuring complete, accurate, timely and controlled accounting activities across the stated coverage, with clear ownership of local statutory requirements and Group reporting requirements.

2. Role Purpose

Manage the complete AR cycle across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, maximizing billing accuracy, cash application, collection visibility, customer reconciliation quality and working-capital control.

3. Geographic and Organizational Coverage

· Primary physical base: Jordan.

· Formal allocation: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria.

· Required coverage: Jordan AR and Lebanon and Syria AR, and that will be based in Jordan.

· Where the role has regional coverage, the incumbent must operate consistently across entities and coordinate with local teams while respecting country-specific statutory and banking requirements.

· The role must maintain standardized accounting processes, documentation and reporting while escalating country-specific exceptions to the relevant Chief Accountant.

4. Key Responsibilities

· Own end-to-end AR accounting for assigned entities, from customer master validation and invoicing through collections, allocation and reconciliation.

· Maintain accurate customer ledgers and ensure invoices, credit notes, debit notes, advances, retentions and adjustments are properly recorded.

· Reconcile customer accounts and resolve unapplied cash, short payments, disputes and other reconciling items.

· Prepare and monitor AR ageing, overdue balances, collection forecasts and escalation lists.

· Coordinate with Commercial, Operations and project teams on billing milestones, supporting documents, claims, retentions, variations and customer disputes.

· Process and reconcile customer receipts, including bank matching and allocation to invoices.

· Support expected credit loss / doubtful debt assessments and maintain appropriate documentation for provisions and write-offs.

· Perform intercompany AR activities where applicable and coordinate confirmations and settlements.

· Support month-end close, revenue-related reconciliations and balance-sheet schedules.

· Maintain complete documentation and comply with Group credit, billing, accounting and control policies.

· Review work prepared by junior accountants within the assigned process and provide technical guidance and quality control.

· Act as a key escalation point for complex reconciliations, unusual transactions and cross-functional accounting issues.

5. Month-End, Quarter-End and Year-End Close

· Follow the approved close calendar and submit all assigned schedules, journals and reconciliations within deadlines.

· Ensure proper cut-off for revenue, AR, accruals and other balance-sheet items as applicable.

· Investigate unusual balances and material movements and provide clear explanations.

· Maintain audit-ready working papers and evidence for all material balances and adjustments.

· Support management reporting and external/statutory reporting requirements.

6. IFRS, Accounting Policy and Compliance

· Apply Group accounting policies and relevant IFRS requirements consistently.

· Support IFRS 15 revenue recognition and project accounting where applicable, including contract assets/liabilities, billing versus revenue, WIP and percentage-of-completion inputs.

· Apply appropriate treatment for provisions, expected credit losses, leases, foreign exchange, inventory/WIP, fixed assets and intercompany balances as relevant to the role.

· Maintain evidence of local tax/VAT/WHT/e-invoicing compliance and coordinate with tax specialists/advisers where required.

· Escalate non-routine or material accounting judgments to the Chief Accountant / Group Finance leadership.

7. ERP, Data and Automation

· Use Odoo/ERP as the system of record and maintain accurate dimensions, projects, cost centers, analytic accounts and master data within the role's authority.

· Ensure transaction processing is supported by approved source documents and follows segregation-of-duties requirements.

· Use Excel and, where available, Power Query/Power Pivot/Tableau or reporting tools to automate reconciliations and recurring reports.

· Identify manual, duplicate or error-prone activities and propose system/process automation.

· Participate in ERP testing, UAT, master-data governance and process improvements affecting the accounting function.

8. Internal Controls and Risk Management

· Comply with approval matrices, segregation of duties, access controls and documented accounting procedures.

· Maintain complete supporting documentation and an audit trail for all transactions and adjustments.

· Identify control failures, unusual transactions, duplicate payments, unsupported balances or potential fraud indicators and escalate immediately.

· Support internal and external audits and close audit findings within agreed timelines.

· Protect financial information and maintain confidentiality.

9. Key Stakeholder Interfaces

· Chief Accountant / Finance leadership

· GL, AR, AP, Treasury and Cost Control teams

· Operations and Project Management

· Commercial / Sales

· Procurement and Supply Chain

· HR / Payroll

· Tax / Legal / Compliance

· External auditors and professional advisers

· Banks and payment service providers

· ERP / IT / Data teams

· Country management and Group Finance

10. Decision Rights and Escalation

· Operate within the approved delegation of authority and accounting policies.

· Approve/review transactions only to the extent permitted by the formal approval matrix.

· Escalate material, unusual, disputed, high-risk or policy-sensitive transactions to the appropriate finance leader.

· Do not bypass segregation of duties or create unsupported manual adjustments.

· For regional roles, resolve operational matters locally where possible and escalate cross-country issues that could affect consolidated reporting, cash, tax or compliance.

11. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

· Billing accuracy and timeliness

· DSO / overdue AR performance

· Collection and cash-application accuracy

· Unapplied cash ageing

· Customer reconciliation completion

· Dispute resolution cycle time

12. Qualifications and Experience

· Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.

· Professional accounting Certification (IFRS) is a MUST.

· Strong knowledge of double-entry accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting and internal controls.

· Strong Excel skills; experience with Power Query/Power Pivot/Tableau and ERP systems such as Odoo or SAP is highly desirable.

· Ability to work with multi-entity, multi-currency environments and maintain disciplined supporting documentation.

· Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.

· Fluent professional English; Arabic is advantageous for regional roles.

· Typically 5–8+ years of relevant accounting experience.

· Prior experience in a multi-entity, projects/services or regional environment is preferred.

13. Behavioral and Technical Competencies

· Accuracy and attention to detail

· Ownership and accountability

· IFRS and accounting-policy application

· Reconciliation and analytical skills

· Process discipline and internal control mindset

· ERP and data literacy

· Communication and stakeholder management

· Deadline management and ability to operate under month-end pressure

· Continuous improvement and automation mindset

14. Role Success Profile

A successful incumbent will deliver reliable numbers, clean reconciliations, strong documentation, disciplined controls and timely reporting. For regional positions, success additionally requires consistent cross-country processes, proactive communication, strong ownership of remote stakeholders and the ability to distinguish Group requirements from country-specific statutory requirements.

15. Important Scope Note

This Job Description defines the intended operating scope at the time of hiring. Specific legal-entity, banking, tax, statutory-signatory and approval responsibilities remain subject to the applicable delegation of authority, local law, Group policies and final organizational design.