Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Soum is a fast-growing B2C marketplace based in Riyadh, connecting buyers and sellers of used electronics and used cars across Saudi Arabia. As a Finance Operations Associate / Accountant, you'll manage day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accuracy in bookkeeping and compliance with audit standards.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day bookkeeping and ledger accuracy in Odoo — ensuring transactions are correctly coded, classified, and mapped to the right accounts and cost centres
- Perform monthly balance sheet and bank reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly
- Support month-end and year-end close: journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and supporting schedules
- Analyze financial data to flag anomalies, trends, or control gaps before they become issues — bringing an audit-minded eye to routine operations
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors — preparing schedules, responding to requests, and ensuring documentation is audit-ready year-round, not just at year-end
- Partner with internal stakeholders (Commercial, Operations, Procurement) to resolve financial queries and ensure accounting treatment reflects business reality
- Maintain and improve Odoo-based accounting workflows — identifying automation opportunities and tightening controls as the business scales
- Support the Senior Accountant on financial reporting, ad hoc analysis, and process documentation
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and relevant local regulatory/tax requirements (e.g., ZATCA, VAT)
Skills
- 2–4 years of experience in accounting, finance operations, or audit — audit/assurance background (Big 4 or mid-tier) is a strong plus
- Sharp analytical skills with genuine attention to detail; comfortable digging into numbers until they make sense
- Hands-on experience with Odoo (or a similar ERP) and a solid understanding of the accounting logic behind it — not just how to enter data, but why it's structured that way
- Strong stakeholder management skills — able to communicate clearly and confidently with internal teams, auditors, banks, and vendors
- Solid grounding in accounting principles (IFRS) and practical month-end close experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- A self-starter who takes ownership, moves fast, and holds a high bar for accuracy — fits naturally with Soum's culture of trust, speed, and accountability
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