Financial Accountant

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