tour operator finance manager/accountant

Become part of Zaman Tours in Amman, Jordan!

Zaman Tours attracts the best Jordanian tourism professionals, by offering the best net salary, and the best social benefits of any tour operator in Jordan.

Zaman Tours is one of Jordan s leading Tour Operators in the tourism-trade, offering inbound/income tourism services to both individual as well as group travellers from its offices in Amman, Jordan.

We are a family business, embracing international best-practice with the help of various international organisations such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Zaman Tours is rapidly growing, and we are looking for passionate, competent, and entrepreneurial people to join our family-led team.

We are looking for a tour operator finance manager/accountantto work for Zaman Tours office in Amman.
This person must have at least 3 years of experience handling complex travel and tourism operations.

Perspective:

At Amman Tours we nurture and develop our employees to grow with our business.
Upon hire, you will complete an assessment of skills, strengths and needs. We invest in your career by helping you to learn new skills, so that you can responsibly improve your career, improve your compensation, while enjoying a work-life balance.

Job duties and tasks for the advertised job:

Accounting duties:

• Manage all daily accounting transactions
• Issue advance file payments for tour guides and drivers
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Manage account payables to different suppliers like hotels, transport, etc., on time and follow-on account receivables with clients
• Ensure timely invoice payments by bank, cheques, or cash

Financial management duties:

• Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual closings in close cooperation with an outsourced audit company
• Prepare documents for an outsourced audit company, which prepares taxes
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements received from the audit company
• Report on the company s financial health and liquidity (upon the messages received from the audit company)
• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary
• Comply with financial policies and regulations
• Prepare budget forecasts to follow the company s financial vision
• Publish financial statements in time

Requirements

How to succeed in this Job?

Personal attributes:

• High attention to detail, as this is where we make the difference for our clients
• An active personality, flexible to work in line with the needs of the business while having the self-discipline to achieve life-work balance between family, work and personal needs
• Your 100% commitment to sustainable tourism

Professional attributes:

• BSC in Accounting, Finance, or relevant degree
• Previous experience in the tour operator trade (min. 3 years) with bookkeeping and a flair for spotting numerical mistakes
• First-hand experience with accounting software
• Advanced MS Excel skills and related Microsoft applications
• Experience with general ledger functions
• Exceptional knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures in Jordan
• Fluent in Arabic, and excellent English skills (Speaking and writing)
• Clean driving license

Benefits

Zaman Tours attracts the best Jordanian tourism professionals, by offering the best net salary, and the best social benefits of any tour operator in Jordan.

• 5-day working week, 40-hours per week, office based in Amman, Jordan, with business travel in Jordan
• A variable salary incentive is offered on top of the agreed gross salary, based on achieved KPIs
• Benefits: Company mobile phone also for private use, notebook with licensed MS software, private health-insurance, travel-allowance home-office, and a daily lunch
• Personalised Training & Development plan, including onboarding-training provided by Senior International Advisors from international organisations such as the European bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Annual performance review, on which basis the next career step and improvement of salary and benefits are managed

Application process:

Attention: The successful hire must be eligible to live and work in Jordan without the need for the employer of sponsoring visa or work-permit. No relocation expenses will be sponsored for candidates who would need to relocate to Amman.

• This application is administrated by e-JOBSAPP
• We respect your privacy, by applying GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Jordanian legalisation
• For this reason, applications are accepted only via the link shown in this advertisement. We do not accept applications by phone, social media, or email

Your application will be acknowledged via e-mail upon receipt. In case you do not hear back from us besides this acknowledgment within 14-days of application, you are to consider your application unsuccessful. We may refer to you in future, should an alternative job come up which meets your profile. In case you wish to remove your details from our database you can request this via the website through which you have applied.

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