Accounts Payable Accountant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Accounts Payable Accountant

City: Jeddah

We are Reckitt

Home to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Finance​

Our Finance team is not just another department; we’re strategic partners and catalysts for change, who use our expertise to drive sustainable growth and create and protect value for Reckitt.

With a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and partnership, our inclusive, diverse and energised team breaks down traditional barriers, enabling you to thrive in a dynamic environment where you and your ideas matter.

From leveraging insights and analysis to make data-driven decisions – to spearheading sustainable business practices that contribute to consistent and reliable business growth – we are unwaveringly passionate about making a meaningful impact, and always doing the right thing.

About the role

Embark on an enriching journey as an AP Accountant at Reckitt – a role that offers more than just numbers. You will be instrumental in constructing a full-picture narrative of our company’s financial health. From delving into the Profit & Loss to shaping strategy with your insights, every analysis you provide will drive smarter business decisions. If you relish the challenge of making complex financial data tell compelling stories, join us in impacting our global success while advancing your own career.

Your responsibilities

In summary, you’ll:

-Regularly coordinating with the vendors and building relations

-Ensuring timely settlement of payables

-Periodic reconciliation of customer A/cs

-Preparing Balance Sheet schedules pertaining to Accounts Payable

-Ensure adherence to SLA’s as agreed for the respective processes

-Drive Process improvement in the process and continuously plan for process performance

-Adherence to internal controls & compliances

-Validating and recording employee claims

-Forecasting Non – Production Spends and performing monthly variance analysis

The experience we’re looking for

-2-3 year’s experience within Accounts Payable setting.

-Financial Analysis & Advice, Commercial Perspective, Financial Systems, Negotiations, Project Management, Accounting

-Decision-making skills and communication

-People management – Able to effectively influence senior management & vendors.

-Flexibility in thinking and pragmatic problem-solving skills

-Strong analytical skills – including commercial, financial acumen and budget management

-The business language in Reckitt is English, therefore fluency in English is essential

The skills for success

Business Acumen, Investment Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Project Management, Improve business processes, Accounting principles, Financial Reporting, Internal controls, Financial analysis and reporting, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Strategic thinking, Risk management, Relationship management, Mergers & Acquisitions.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt’s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt’s pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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