General Accountant

About this Position

At Henkel, you can make a difference and craft your career. That’s why you own your projects and take full responsibility from an early stage. Our unique brands in markets around the world open up countless opportunities to follow your convictions and explore new paths. Join our dynamic General Accounting and Controlling team, in our Global Business Solutions Hub in Cairo!

What you´ll do

• Responsible for the performance of the day-to-day fixed assets activities by processing complex investment projects as well as the fixed assets closing and reconciliation.
• Review, validate and post travel and entertainments claims while ensuring their compliance with the corporate standards and local legal requirements.
• Reviews, validates and uploads the bank statements to SAP and ensures collections to OTC transitory accounts have been correctly posted on time.
• Perform daily & monthly reconciliations, clearing of all pending issues and follows up open items as well Executes monthly CPM closing activities.
• Handle GA monthly & quarterly closing activities with close coordination with the country team.
• Generate some reports related to the different sub processes and submit them to the stakeholders.

What makes you a good fit

• University degree in Finance or Accounting
• 1-2 years of experience in a related position in a multicultural environment
• Excellent command of English both in speaking & writing,
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Powerpoint...etc), SAP knowledge is required.
• Strong analytical and spoken communication skills.
• Team worker, problem solver and initiative taker.

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Comprehensive Health Insurance for employee + dependents
• Employee Assistance Programme provides a wide range of mental health and wellbeing benefits

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.