Senior Accountant, Bank Reconciliation

Reports to: Treasurer

Purpose: Responsible of clearing, reconciling and finalizing all settled/unsettled transactions on All financial service providers of the AUC and assuring the proper accounting booking of all revenues, expenses, fees and charges by all finance/non-finance areas within the University.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Process all accounts reconciliations on SAP versus bank statements in All currencies
• Proper follow up with all areas within The American University in Cairo (AUC) to resolve discrepancies
• Reconcile a diverse set of general ledger balance sheet accounts
• Continuously follow-up on all Un-reconciled items and provide regular updates to direct supervisor
• Maintain documentation, for the purpose of supporting files, reports, and data
• Revise and enhance the monthly reconciliation consolidated reports by the required deadlines
• File all prepared accounts in a well-organized manner
• Support efforts to automate/integrate the reconciliation process
• Perform all other related duties and/or projects assigned by the management

Requirements:

Minimum Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Experience

• Minimum of eight years of working experience

Skills

• Display problem-solving techniques with ability to adhere to deadlines
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Apply accounting practices including computation, reconciliation, and other skills needed to complete assignments
• Strong supervisory, and time management skills
• Attention to details and ability to exercise professional judgment
• Very good English language both spoken and written
• Very good knowledge of bank operations, tariffs and products
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Very good knowledge of SAP accounting system is necessary

This position is open until September 19, 2021

Placement is based on the candidate’s experience and skills. Only candidates who make it to the short list will be contacted.

“We thank all individuals who have expressed interest in working at The American University in Cairo.”