Accounting & Finance
General Accountant
Owns day-to-day bookkeeping, ledger accuracy and month-end close support.
Duties vary by employer, sector and team size. Use this as a memory aid — only add what you actually did.
What a typical day looks like
Posted journal entries and maintained the general ledger · Prepared and posted accruals, prepayments and depreciation entries · Performed monthly bank reconciliations
What you actually do
- Posted journal entries and maintained the general ledger
- Prepared and posted accruals, prepayments and depreciation entries
- Performed monthly bank reconciliations
- Reconciled balance sheet accounts and cleared ageing items
- Supported month-end and year-end close checklists
- Prepared VAT return working files
- Maintained withholding tax schedules
- Supported ZATCA e-invoicing compliance
Common tools and systems
SAP
Oracle
Microsoft Dynamics
QuickBooks
Odoo
Excel
Transferable skills
General ledger
Reconciliations
Month-end close
VAT
Excel
How it changes by level
- Entry
- Executes defined tasks with review and support.
- Mid
- Owns an area end to end and resolves exceptions independently.
- Senior
- Sets standards, reviews others' work and answers to leadership.
Related moves
Senior Accountant
Accounts Payable Accountant
Cost Accountant
Questions that surface your evidence
- How many journal entries or reconciliations did you handle per month?
- How many days did month-end close take when you owned it?
- How many legal entities or cost centres did you cover?
Source and review
HRSD Saudi Skills & Occupations framework (editorially reviewed) · hrsd.gov.sa
Reviewed: 2026-08-01 · Saudi-specific reference
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