Accountant

Role Summary:

The Accounts Receivable & Revenue Accountant is responsible for managing end-to-end revenue accounting, customer billing, collections, cash application, intercompany accounting, VAT reconciliations, and month-end close activities. The role ensures accurate revenue recognition, timely collection of receivables, compliance with accounting policies, and effective support for audit and finance transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Daily Sales Reconciliation (DSR): Perform daily sales and revenue reconciliations across POS, operational systems, and ERP platforms to ensure accurate revenue recognition and accounting compliance.
• Customer Invoicing and Billing: Generate, validate, and issue customer invoices, debit notes, and credit notes in a timely manner.
• Cash Application, Credit Management & Collections: Accurately apply customer receipts, reconcile outstanding receivables, monitor credit limits, assess credit risk, and drive timely collection of overdue balances.
• Incentive Calculation Verification & Disbursements: Verify the accuracy of incentives, rebates, and commission calculations and ensure timely disbursement.
• Intercompany Accounting & Settlement: Record, reconcile, and validate intercompany transactions and balances, maintain supporting agreements and documentation, and ensure timely settlement across group entities.
• Journal Entry Preparation: Review and prepare the journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Month-End and Year-End Close Activities: Support timely month-end and year-end financial closing activities, including reconciliations and reporting.
• Audit Coordination and Support: Provide schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documents required for internal and external audits.
• Input/Output VAT Reconciliation: Perform VAT reconciliations and support compliance with indirect tax regulations and return filings.
• Support Finance Transformation Initiatives: Participate in ERP implementations, system integrations, automation projects, and process improvement initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Finance/Commerce Graduate/MBA-Finance.
• 4 to 7 Years of a similar role experience in the UAE.
• Exposure in ERP environment is a must (Oracle, SAP), MS Office, Intermediate competency in MS Excel led automation, good understanding of VAT compliance and intercompany accounting processes.
• Experience in hospitality industry is mandatory.
• Teamwork, attention to detail, meeting deadlines, customer service orientation, good in communication.