Finance Operations Associate / Accountant

About Soum Soum is a fast-growing B2C marketplace based in Riyadh, connecting buyers and sellers of used electronics and used cars across Saudi Arabia. Built on trust, speed, and a strong sense of ownership, our Finance function is central to how we scale responsibly — keeping the business financially disciplined as it grows.

About The Role As Finance Operations Accountant, you'll sit at the centre of Soum's day-to-day financial operations — owning reconciliations, supporting month-end close, and making sure our books in Odoo are accurate and audit-ready at all times. This role suits someone with sharp analytical instincts, a foundation in audit or assurance, and the confidence to work directly with internal teams and external parties (auditors, banks, vendors) alike.

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)

What We're Looking For:

• 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

Why Join Soum:

• Be part of a fast-scaling Saudi marketplace where Finance has real influence over how the business is run
• Work directly with senior Finance leadership and gain broad exposure across accounting, audit, and financial operations
• A culture that values ownership, speed, and constant improvement over hierarchy and red tape

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.