Middle East Jobs, Careers, Vacancies: Financial Accountant, Stryker, Dubai, UAE

Financial Accountant, Stryker, Dubai, UAE

Why finance at Stryker?

Are you looking for a profitable and growing company with a great culture and reputation? Stryker is the only company with 40 consecutive years of sales growth and was recently named one of the Best Workplace in the WORLD by Fortune! Here, you will have many opportunities to learn and grow as we offer development opportunities unique for each employees needs including training, certifications, mentorship, leadership programs, tuition reimbursement, one-on-one coaching and more!

Our Financial Accountant position in Dubai is an exciting opportunity for a financial professional looking to make a difference in the world at one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Ready to take a next step in your career at a Fortune 500 organization and support Stryker's growth journey?

In this role, your key activities and responsibilities will include the following:

Accounting and Financial Reporting

Partnering closely with Stryker’s Financial Shared Service Center.
Providing updates on journal entries, monthly accruals, and adjustments to the Financial Shared Service Center
Supporting the group monthly closing process including quarter and year-end packages
Deliver and monitor all relevant and local reporting/filing requirements.
Responsible for all accounts payable activities (providing invoices and booking instructions to the Financial Shared Service Center). Following up to ensure payments are done on time
Conducting general accounting analysis and ad hoc reporting as required by the Finance Manager
Conducting or assisting in ad hoc projects
Work with internal VAT team to finalize quarterly VAT filing in FTA portal.
Support any regular or ad-hoc internal and external audits of the company books, including the annual financial year end audits

Ensure Balance Sheet Integrity

Ensuring the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance
Prepare balance sheet reconciliations
Partner with the Financial Shared Service Center to maintain schedules and registers (fixed assets/depreciation, Employee related accruals, etc…)

Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) activities

Providing input and comments on monthly actuals vs. forecast variances
Follow up on weekly sales forecast updates & report to changes to the Finance Manager
Support in the preparation of the yearly sales budget & quarterly forecast updates
Providing input for the yearly OPEX budget & quarterly updates

Education and Experience

Finance/Accounting degree
Fluency in both written and spoken English
3 years of experience within an accounting position
Experience with an ERP system
Strong Excel skills
Experience working for a multinational organization or for a SSC is an advantage

Key Competencies: