Sr. Specialist Technical Accounting
SR. SPECIALIST TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING
JOB PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Contributing significant expertise on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the ability to translate application to industries' and SABIC's specific challenges
- Identifying required changes and therefore design SABIC's global accounting policies and their guidance and the ability to convince endorsement from stakeholders
- Provide timely and clear guidance on the accounting implications of (potential) business decisions or strategic projects
- Assess the impact of proposed changes to IFRS or amendments thereto and identify the actions required internally to comply with them.
- Support sr. manager to advocate for the company with standard setters or other governance bodies to elaborate and defend SABIC's considerations and interests.
- Develop and implement a training strategy to support SABIC's financial reporting community. If necessary, give custom-made training or information sessions
- Lead training through various mediums, to address the needs of different audiences and learning preferences (such as e-learning, guides to best practice and live meetings
MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Significant and proven experience to prepare and defend accounting positions with stakeholders
- Bachelor or Master degree in auditing
- Professional accounting or auditing qualification is pre-requisite
- Experience with application of IFRS and ability to interpret the principle based requirements and guidance
- Experience with preparing and providing trainings is a plus
- Experienced in organizational integration project, able to understand and support organizational climate/culture
- Experienced in participating in large-scale project, demonstrated successful project planning and execution skills
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact: Piotr Szczerba, piotr.szczerba@sabic.com.
Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations.
Responses from employment agencies will not be considered.
ABOUT SABIC
SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.
SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy.
Production in 2021 stood at 58 million metric tons.
The company has more than 31,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 10,090 patents and pending applications, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.
In Europe, we have over 5,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium).
SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.