Job Summary
This role involves working as a subject matter expert focused on Arabic language maps and financial content ensuring accurate interpretation and translation of Arabic materials into English for finance and accounting operations. The candidate will support office based teams on rotational shifts enabling reliable multilingual documentation and analysis that strengthen global business decisions and compliance reporting.
Responsibilities
- Support the creation and maintenance of Arabic language maps for financial and accounting data to ensure accurate reflection of regional terminology and regulatory concepts across internal documentation and analytical tools.
- Translate complex Arabic financial documents into clear and precise English to enable global stakeholders to understand key insights risks and compliance obligations without loss of context or nuance.
- Interpret spoken Arabic during meetings calls and review sessions to capture critical finance related information and summarize it in English for use in reports presentations and internal knowledge bases.
- Analyze Arabic source content such as contracts policies statements and invoices to identify relevant financial and accounting details that must be recorded reconciled or escalated for further review.
- Collaborate with finance and accounting teams to align Arabic terminology mappings with global chart of accounts reporting structures and process documentation to support consistent understanding across locations.
- Maintain high quality standards for translations and interpretations by reviewing peer work validating terminology choices and applying finance and accounting domain knowledge to avoid misclassification of items.
- Document translation decisions specific Arabic financial phrases and mapping rules in an organized repository so that future reviews audits and training activities can reuse established best practices.
- Support rotational shift operations from the office by providing reliable coverage for time sensitive translation requests reconciliations and financial closing activities that depend on accurate Arabic understanding.
- Identify potential risks or discrepancies within Arabic source materials that could impact financial reporting accuracy raise questions for clarification and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve issues promptly.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by suggesting refinements to Arabic mapping frameworks glossaries and workflows that reduce errors and accelerate processing time for finance documentation.
- Use finance and accounting principles to validate that translated numbers account names and narrative explanations in English correctly represent the intent and classification present in the original Arabic records.
- Communicate clearly with cross functional stakeholders about translation status data interpretation challenges and dependency timelines to ensure that downstream accounting and analysis activities proceed smoothly.
- Safeguard sensitive financial information contained in Arabic and English materials by following corporate confidentiality guidelines and secure handling practices throughout all translation and mapping activities.
Qualifications
- Possess professional fluency in spoken Arabic and English with the ability to understand diverse regional accents and financial terminology and to render content in English that is suitable for formal business use.
- Demonstrate strong experience in Arabic to English translation focused on financial statements accounting records and commercial documents ensuring precise representation of monetary values and contractual obligations.
- Apply foundational knowledge of finance and accounting concepts such as ledgers accruals reconciliations and reporting cycles when interpreting Arabic documents to support accurate classification and recording.
- Bring prior hands on exposure of two to four years in roles involving Arabic language work within finance related environments such as shared service centers banks or accounting departments.
- Show capability to work from office on rotational shifts with consistent productivity attention to detail and responsiveness to urgent translation tasks aligned with closing calendars and reporting deadlines.
- Utilize strong analytical thinking problem solving skills and structured documentation habits to manage multiple translation and mapping requests while maintaining quality and meeting agreed turnaround times.
- Display familiarity with productivity tools and finance systems used for document management and data entry so that translated Arabic content can be integrated seamlessly into accounting workflows and reporting structures.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
