Assistant Accountant

Role & responsibilities

Job Title: Assistant Accountant

Job Location: Dubai, UAE

A. Job Purpose: Support Accounts Receivables team in their day-to-day activities, including billing, Submission of invoices, data entry, receipts, customer account creation in accordance with company policies and accounting standards.

B. Dimensions

Role Relationships - Internal

• Business Units: Finance, Sales, Contracts, Operations, Collections, Credit Control, Treasury, General Ledger, Financial Planning, Legal & Audit.

Role Relationships - External

• Clients.

C. Principal Accountabilities / Key Results Area

• Create customers on Oracle Fusion and share the register ID with Accountants teams
• Collect and assure all documents required are submitted. (Work Orders/Completion Certificate)
• Review billing data with Sales and Operations departments before issuing invoice.
• Assist Accountants on invoices booking on I-Bill application before submitting to Sr. Accountant for approval.
• Generate invoices from Oracle Fusion and share it with Collection team.
• Process customers receipts.
• Sharing of receipts with collection team on a timely manner.
• Accurate allocation of payment towards customer’s invoices.
• Reconcile customer’s account and resolve any variances.
• Collaborate with BUs and bill all Intercompany receivables as per company timeline.
• Assist in daily & monthly targets set by the Company.
• Review and clear unapplied and unidentified receipts daily.
• Attend & resolve internal/external customers’ queries promptly & correctly within 2 working days.
• Providing ad-hoc reports as required.
• Review the unbilled report in alignment with month end closing timelines.
• Reconcile AR accounts and provide all closing reports to line manager monthly.
• Submit all required documents requested for internal/external auditors.
• Undertakes any other duties requested by Line Manager to support department objectives.

D. Boundaries & Decision-Making Authority:

a) Which part of the Job takes most of your time:

• Following up with Operations team to complete billing requirements (Work Orders/Completion Certificate)
• Respond to various queries from internal & external clients.

b) Most challenging part of the job:

• Complete Third Party & Intercompany billing in accordance with Finance month-end closing timeline.

E. Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competencies

Minimum Qualification: Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.

Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in Account Receivable.

Preferred candidate profile

• Basic Accounting Knowledge, Computer skills and Excel, Oracle Fusion.
• Process Orientation, Problem-Solving skills, Interpersonal skills & Attention to details.

Behavioral Capabilities :

• Flexibility, Ownership & Accountability, Job Knowledge, Teamwork, Ethics & Integrity.
• Advanced communication skills in English (Read & Write)