Senior Specialist MA and Investment Accounting
Eram Talent, Saudi Arabia

Eram Talent, an independent Talent Acquisition Consultancy in the Oil amp; Energy industry, is seeking a Senior Specialist in Mamp;A and Investment Accounting. As a division of ERAM Group, E-Talent has a global reach and network of High Potential Professionals with sophisticated skills from a variety of industries, including Oil amp; Gas, Petroleum, Infrastructure, Energy, Water, Transportation, Science amp; Technology and Health Care. The Senior Specialist will be responsible for leading the Mamp;A team in the accounting and financial analysis of investments and acquisitions.

• Provide expert know-how and governance regarding Mamp;A, divestitures and integration accounting and restructuring. • Research accounting literature and apply technical standards to complex business issues and transactions, including business combinations and impairment valuations • Assess and analyze JV's contracts and propose accounting consequences including options to mitigate risks and assess control opportunities in existing contracts • Ability to applies financial modeling tools to run valuation numbers to provide financial advice in several businesses and pro forma balance sheet • Coordinate accounting integration of Mamp;A transactions and provide advice, incl. conversion to SABIC accounting standards, harmonization of chart of accounts, integration into the Company accounting processes and systems • Carve-Out Financial Statements / Stand-alone Statements / Proforma Statements and prospectus support • Coordinate accounting preparation of divestitures and provide advice, incl. preparation of carve-out financial statements • Due diligence support, Purchase Price Allocations and principles of push down accounting • Legal entity portfolio and master data design (central legal entity repository) • Acting as a point of contact for external auditors on any technical accounting matters related to control assessment • Preparing or reviewing with technical accounting papers related to control assessment • Aligning with JV affairs on the technical accounting matters and preparation of Statutory Financial statements of the various SABIC subsidiaries and associates • CoE for IFRS 3, IFRS 10, IFRS 11, IAS 27, IAS 36, IAS 37

Requirements

• Degree in accounting
• 10+ years of Big 4 experience as technical accounting and (financial) auditor
• Desirable completion of master’s degree in accounting/auditing
• Professional qualification of CPA, CA, or ACCA
• Demonstratable IFRS expertise, certainly on technical standards (IFRS 9, IFRS, 10, IFRS 11, IAS 28, IAS 19, IAS 36, IFRS 16, IFRS 15)"
• Post CPA qualification experience of 5+ years
• Technical training in Big 4 audit firms. Must have worked in audit, financial statements preparation/review, technical accounting advisory
• Expert knowledge on Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures amp; Integration (MADI)
• Business acumen, strong analytical skill, knowledge of chemical industry is a plus
• Expertise knowledge of standard accounting practices, solid knowledge in IFRS
• Proficient in corporate governance and internal control framework
• Financial modeling and proform pro forma balance sheet

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