Finance Assistant UAE National

Key Responsibilities:

The role will be working within the Shared Service function supporting the Accounts Payable team. The successful candidate should have an accounting background and a desire to pursue a career in Finance & Accounting.  Experience is an advantage but not essential as we will provide training.

This successful candidate will be a strong team player but will also be required to work on their own initiative when needing to manage unusual and ad-hoc requirements.  More important attributes for the role are enthusiasm communication personality and an ability to contribute to business improvements.

Accounts Payable

• Confirm purchase orders have been goods receipted
• Matching invoices and purchase orders
• Ensuring all invoices received are recorded on the invoice register and digital copies are saved on the server for record keeping purposes.
• Follow up with Purchase Order creators and resolution of workflow issues.
• Ad Hoc tasks related to the efficient processing of supplier invoices
• Bi-weekly processing of employee expense claims.
• Assisting employees in the resolution of any expense claim related issues.
• Supplier reconciliation payments and allocation
• Upload bank payments and obtain necessary approvals
• Petty cash posting and reconciliation
• Other ad-hoc tasks as required

Compliance

• Support internal and external audits by providing required AP documentation
• Ensure AP processes adhere to internal controls and company
• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements in payment and reconciliation procedures

Qualifications :

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in accounting finance or commerce.
• 0-1 years of experience in accounts payable
• Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint etc.)
• Must be a UAE national.

Additional Information :

Core Behavioral Skills:

The successful candidates will possess the following characteristics:

• Strong numeracy and analytical skills with the ability to investigate and interrogate data
• Shows initiative and can work independently on assigned tasks
• Be a team player. The team support each and work together where requirements can be simultaneous and conflicting. The ability to work with the team agree the priorities and manage time pressures are key.
• Have good interpersonal skills with ability to communicate well with all levels within the organization
• Must be comfortable with working in a fast-moving dynamic environment
• Month end closing must adhere to group reporting deadlines and therefore its time challenging and pressurized period

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time