Sr. Specialist Technical Accounting

at  SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corp

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Significant and proven experience to prepare and defend accounting positions with stakeholders
• Bachelor or Master degree in auditing
• Professional accounting or auditing qualification is pre-requisite
• Experience with application of IFRS and ability to interpret the principle based requirements and guidance
• Experience with preparing and providing trainings is a plus
• Experienced in organizational integration project, able to understand and support organizational climate/culture
• Experienced in participating in large-scale project, demonstrated successful project planning and execution skills

• Contributing significant expertise on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the ability to translate application to industries’ and SABIC’s specific challenges
• Identifying required changes and therefore design SABIC’s global accounting policies and their guidance and the ability to convince endorsement from stakeholders
• Provide timely and clear guidance on the accounting implications of (potential) business decisions or strategic projects
• Assess the impact of proposed changes to IFRS or amendments thereto and identify the actions required internally to comply with them.
• Support sr. manager to advocate for the company with standard setters or other governance bodies to elaborate and defend SABIC’s considerations and interests.
• Develop and implement a training strategy to support SABIC’s financial reporting community. If necessary, give custom-made training or information sessions
• Lead training through various mediums, to address the needs of different audiences and learning preferences (such as e-learning, guides to best practice and live meetings