Accountant

Job description / Role

To ensure accurate accounting of receivables and reconciliation of receivables ensuring collection of receivables within the stipulated period.

Responsibilities:
- Process different journal accounting entries under the financial system (Coda) as directed by supervisor, timely and accurately.
- Generate different transactions under the operations system (Trust) as directed by senior (i.e. receipt/credit note/misc. invoice)
- Prepare and issue payment vouchers/Credit/Debit notes as required, ensuring availability of all relevant supporting documents.
- Ensure credit facility terms and conditions are strictly adhered to through verifying the processes and submitted documents from client and sales representative
- Monitor debtor/creditor ageing report on a regular basis and follow-up with debtors/creditors for payments and report abnormal cases to the reporting manager.
- Verify the proper upload of daily invoicing and receipting from operations system (Trust) into financial system (Coda).
- Verify the accurate entry of daily collections (i.e. cash, current cheques and PDC) into the books.
- Perform periodic reconciliation of accounts receivables and accounts payables.
- Ensure timely generation of various reports like WAR and WDL.
- Prepare any other report as directed by supervisor
- Assist senior in providing comments / clarification to HO queries.

Requirements

- Bachelors Degree in accounting/finance or Commerce with accounting focus
- 4 years of general accounting experience and 1-2 years in Shipping/logistics/forwarding is preferred

Job Specific Skills:
- Good Knowledge of accounting procedures and applicable system
- Knowledge of Shipping agency function
- Knowledge of local regulations including Taxes
- Good numerical and analytical skill
- Good Computer skills (Excel and Word and exposure to accounting software packages)
- Well organized and systematic
- Attention to detail
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

About the Company

United Arab Shipping Company was established in July 1976; jointly by the six shareholding states from the Arabian Gulf (Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E). The head office is located in the State of Kuwait.

As the National line of the Arabian Gulf states, UASC\\'s primary mission is to serve the shipping needs of the Arabian Gulf region

UASC also aims to expand into global trades, where commercially feasible, to strengthen our operations and provide a wider service network to our customers.

UASC is one of the largest ocean carrier of dry cargo to the Middle East. UASC has assumed this position on merit as a carrier providing first class service to its customers, which has been maintained, despite ups and downs, in the market.