Accountant

Job Description

Accountant – Payables and Receivables (Fixed Term Contract)

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounts Payable

• Process supplier invoices across all entities, matching each to an approved purchase order and goods or service receipt before posting.
• Return unmatched, unapproved or badly documented invoices to the originating business rather than processing them on assurance.
• Prepare scheduled payment runs with supporting documentation and submit for authorization by approved signatories.
• Reconcile supplier statements, resolve disputed items, and administer expense claims and petty cash in line with group policy.

Accounts Receivable and Collections

• Raise customer invoices accurately and on schedule across leasing rentals, real estate receivables, trading and hospitality billing.
• Administer recurring billing and direct debits for the leasing portfolio, including recharge of Salik, fines, insurance and maintenance costs.
• Apply receipts promptly, reconcile the receivables ledger to the bank, and run the collections cycle including reminders, dunning and follow-up calls.
• Produce the receivables aging report monthly and escalate overdue and at-risk balances with a recommended course of action.

Records and Reporting

• Maintain complete supporting documentation for every transaction, sufficient to satisfy internal and external audit.
• Assist the Senior Accountant with month-end close activity, including accruals and cut-off.
• Code transactions accurately and completely so that data supplied to Group Finance and the Tax Manager is reliable at source.

Control Boundaries

• The job holder prepares payments for authorization and holds no payment release or bank authorization rights.
• Supplier master data, including bank details, is created and amended only by an independent approver. The job holder submits requests with evidence.
• Credit notes, write-offs and adjustments require CFO approval before posting. Any request to bypass these controls is reported to the CFO.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
• Part-qualification towards ACCA, CPA or CMA is an advantage.

Work Experience

• Minimum three years of payables and receivables experience, with genuine hands-on exposure to both cycles.
• Demonstrable collections experience, including direct customer contact on overdue balances.
• UAE experience preferred, with familiarity with local invoicing and documentation practice.
• Experience in a multi-entity environment, or in leasing, real estate, trading or hospitality, is an advantage.

Technical Competencies

• Solid grounding in the transactional cycle, including three-way matching, period cut-off and subledger to general ledger reconciliation.
• Strong Excel and experience with the AP and AR modules of an ERP or accounting system.
• Understanding of why segregation of duties exists and how the controls in this role operate.

Skills & Personal Attributes

• High accuracy under volume across several entities, keeping documentation audit-ready as work is performed rather than retrospectively.
• Firm but professional in collections, pursuing an overdue balance without damaging the customer relationship.
• Confident declining a transaction that does not meet requirements. Strong English, Arabic an advantage, with high personal integrity.
• Uphold company values and utilize sound judgment in decision making.
• Any other duties as required by management based on the needs of the business.