CRIT recrutement – Accountant – Tunis

• Evaluate and Establish Effective processes
• Responsible to respect deadline (including MEC and YEC) and all finance KPI’s
• Build and Develop Network within finance Community and all other departments in NWA
• Participate in finance Global & Regional Projects
• Responsive feedback on all queries
• Proactive response for all queries related to Finance
• Adherence to and compliance with all BASF guidelines and procedures. (e.g. Code of Conduct, Values and Principles, BASF Strategy).
• Support the Controlling Business Partner for NWA with activities related to Tunisia
• Participate in projects, meetings, workshops in CC NWA & GB and develop strong relations within finance community
• Participate and support all ERP migration & development
• Ensure the legal link with the lawyers and notaries
• The LTI functions as the central interface between internal Departments, Governance and Authorities.
• Insurance: Be sure that all assets are properly insured according BASF policy
• Delegate Procurement

Core Responsibilities / Tasks
General accounting tasks:

• Opening GL accounts both according to Global Chart of Accounts and local
• Booking on GL accounts
• Prepaid expenses
• Provisions (licences, commissions etc)
• Transfer between accounts and cost centers
• HR postings (Payroll)
• Balance Sheet / Financial Statements
• Checking month and year end balance sheet (assets, liabilities & equity), Profit & Loss statement, according to BASF reporting standards and Local GAAP
• Coordination in audits (internal & external)
• Reporting & Control
• Month-end and year-end closing activities
• Checking P&L and B/S items
• Monitoring of FX Exposure of the companies
• Liquidity planning and ensure proper financing
• Local relationship with banks
• Recording fixed assets by type, quantity, value, and impersonal account
• Management of fixed assets
• Posting of monthly depreciations

Account payables & Receivables tasks:

• Controls Invoice verification – domestic or foreign vendors
• Payments to domestic or foreign vendors
• Reconciliation of domestic or foreign vendor accounts
• Follow up of contracts
• Checking Expense Claims / Check & posting
• Prepare and submit Tax declaration
• Book all Customer invoices in FI
• Reconciliation of Customer Account
• Bank reconciliation & treasury reporting

Controlling BP tasks:

• Reporting on business and cost development
  • Reporting on Cost@source and on Cost@destination
  • Communicate about major deviations and significant changes
  • Reporting on Sales development vs. PY and Budget
  • Updating forecast (in line with HoF and Sales)
  • Align with accounting on proper cost booking
• Functional planning and forecasting
  • Support with the functional planning process in the Country Cluster
• Steering and driving SLA process
  • Contribution and support cost forecast for other functions
  • Support with the coordination of the SLA process with EUCS and HoF
  • Support with checking and validation of SLA calculation
  • Communication and provide argumentation of SLAs to receiving legal entities and BUs
  • Reporting on SLA cost development and on significant changes
  • Collaboration with management accounting on proper implementation of SKF and charging logic
• Local P&L Checks
  • Perform EBIT checks for local companies P&Ls, and escalate highly negative EBITs
  • Propose and implement solutions to avoid highly negative EBIT

Procurement

• Ensure appropriate and ethical conduct on BASF’s dealing with outside firms and of the P2P process.
• Ensure effective implementation of agreed procurement processes and compliance of supply base. Ensure Requisition Processes are documented and followed in the company.
• Continuously evaluate supplier performance and ensure effective and efficient supplier relationship management

Adhoc support

• Support with presentations and events’ organization
• Contribute to strategy and CC related projects
• Locally coordinate any software implementation and ensure compliance with local law
• Constantly search for improvements in all processes

• University degree preferably in Finance & Accounting or an equivalent qualification

Working Experience:

• 3-years experience, in finance &accounting in (multinational) company

IT skills:

• Navision and SAP (optional)
• Microsoft office applications and web-based applications

Language skills (level):

• Arabic (native)
• French (fluent)
• English – advanced level

Soft skills:

• Good communication skills
• Good analytical skills
• Organizational awareness
• Able to work, think and act independently, and able to work in a fast-paced environment