Financial Accountant

Job description

**About Wahed:** The global financial system wasn't built for everyone. For millions of people, its reliance on interest (riba) creates a barrier to managing money and building wealth without compromising their values. At Wahed, we're changing that. We are a global fintech company on a mission to build a new financial system—one that is ethical, accessible, and entirely interest-free. From our offices across the globe, our team is building products that were once deemed impossible, from pioneering Shariah-compliant equity ETFs, creating riba-free alternatives to high yield savings accounts, to creating no-leverage real estate investments for truly interest-free income producing assets. If you're driven to solve complex problems and believe finance should empower, not exclude, join us in building a more equitable financial future. ### Job Description: - Responsible for timely preparation of yearly/monthly/quarterly Group consolidations as per US GAAP - Preparation of books of USA entities. - Ensuring real-time financial statements like balance sheet, P&L accounts, cash flow statements and income statements are available for business decision making. - Develop accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls. - Research technical accounting issues for compliance - Support month-end and year-end close process - Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting. - Coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances. - Drive key finance initiatives to improve performance and facilitate business growth. - Establish and implement financial reporting systems to comply with government regulations and legislation. - Coordinate and own preparation of regulatory reporting with local, state, and central government tax filings - Planning, budgeting, and forecasting - Performing financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses and financial modelling - Historical trend analysis of capital and operating expenditures for budget creation and decision support - Consolidating and monitoring annual budgets and forecasts received from various functions and SBU Heads - Providing commentary for budget vs. actual result variations - Examine all financial reports and data closely to check for discrepancies. - Assist the management in presenting reports to senior executives, stakeholders, and board members. - Define, Review, Participate and implement Accounting Policies Procedures - Review the audit reports and Plan implementation of the audit recommendations. - Systemized the entire accounting and MIS cycle. - Manage intercompany accounts ### Job Specification: - Proven work experience (2-3yrs) in Accounts/Finance function - Fresher CA - Hands-on experience with accounting software like Tally/QuickBooks/SAP - Familiarity with advanced formulas in MS Excel - Excellent analytical skills along with the ability to create and present detailed report. - Problem-solving attitude