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Arabic Speaking - Account Receivable Accountant
PT Sephora Indonesia
Sephora is looking for an Arabic Speaking Account Receivable Accountant for Shared Services Center – Middle East operations.
At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us.
We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.
Sephora MEA’s omni channel business spans over 5 countries (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain) with over 1,500 passionate team members across 85 stores. Sephora MEA is experiencing rapid growth in the region with new store openings and business channels (i.e., Click and collect and marketplace) .
Sephora MEA has established a Regional Shared Services Finance team based in Jakarta to support these countries. We are looking for an Arabic Speaking Account Receivable Accountant to join its Shared Services team based in Jakarta Indonesia. If you are smart and ambitious with excellent technical skills, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a high functioning team of professionals who provide financial support to our retail and ecommerce teams across the region.
Job Responsibilities
As an Arabic Speaking Account Receivable Accountant within our team, you will report to the Account Receivable Manager for Shared Services, and support the ongoing transfer of knowledge and work from our locally based finance teams to the regional shared services hub. We started our shared services team in late 2016, and during 2017 we have transitioned work from the locally based teams to this team. The strategy has been highly effective and we are continuing to embed these new ways of working in our company. You will play a key role in ensuring the effectiveness of the ongoing financial operations, and will be expected to take complete ownership for your areas of focus.
Indicative tasks include, but not limited to:
- Perform accounts receivable tasks with efficiency and accuracy
- track store relations
- reconciliation of high volume of invoices and receipts from store/online invoice
- internal control monitoring
- developing and maintaining high quality and efficiency standards
- Adhere to compliance requirements of the Accounts Receivable department
- ensure proper controls on cash and electronic receipts
- Achieve required deadlines for monthly, quarterly, half year and year-end close
Skills & attributes – what you bring us :
- Fluent in both Arabic & English
- Bachelor’s degree in in Finance, Business, Accounting or related field preferred
- 3+ years of experience in an accounting function
- Large ERP AR system experience (SAP preferred).
- Excellent communicator
- Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with vendors, team and management
- Ability to perform in a fast paced environment
- Good planning and organizational skills to balance and prioritize work
- Hands-on and solution-oriented
While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy…
- The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
- The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
- The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 2,700 stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.
You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.
