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