Commercial Accountant

Dubai, UAE

Ref: KP622-1458

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Commercial Accountant - Dubai - AED 18,000- 19,000 + Benefits

My client is looking for a Commercially oriented Accountant who is required to ensure the integrity of the entity’s accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and analyzing transactions for the region.

Specific Outcomes / Accountability:
• Ensure day to day smooth, accurate and timely operation of the Accounting function.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information
• Facilitate and complete monthly close procedure.
• Assist in ensuring the existence of internal controls for the region.
• Reporting, Business planning and Analysis
• Accurate & timely preparation of budgets and business plan.
• Development & implementation of all Finance policies and procedures.
• Assist in the co-ordination and preparation of strategic plans, forecasts, and the annual budgeting cycle; creating operating budgets, development of business financial models and consolidation.
• Timely preparation of periodic forecasts for the business.
• Day to day booking of transactions and expense administration and tracking for local group ie total local accounting responsibilities.
• Maintain and balance subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving intercompany discrepancies as applicable.
• Prepare monthly financial reports / analyses and Finance Dashboard, and variance analysis, monthly operating expenses variance etc.
• Responsible for maintenance and improvements in the MIS reporting process, leveraging automation and enabling accurate and faster in depth data analysis.
• Coordinate local Internal and External Audit follow ups and annual compliance sign-off for the site.
• Intercompany account reconciliation
• Payments to employees and suppliers while monitoring other expenditures and report major variances as applicable.

Requirements

Ideally the client is looking for Westerns or Arabic speaking candidates.

• Previous knowledge of ERP implementation
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages: proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• 2-3 years of experience in Pharmaceutical /FMCG.
• Ability to meet assigned deadlines.
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal direction from superior to accomplish objectives.

About the Company

Over 30 years of local industry experience.

New name, proven expertise In 2009, recruitment leaders Beresford Blake Thomas (BBT), Hill McGlynn and Ma Foi integrated under the Randstad brand to form Randstad Middle East.

Experience and local knowledge are essential commodities within the Middle East region, so it made perfect sense to combine 30 years recruitment experience in the Gulf, providing a larger, more streamlined service to our clients and candidates.

As well as having the largest geographical footprint of any recruiter, Randstad is the worlds largest specialist recruitment provider, employing over 28,000 members of staff and helping over 2.5 million people find work every year. With an enviable reputation worldwide, we have an established and respected presence in the Middle East, and are the preferred choice for specialist staffing solutions in more customary and emerging markets across the entire region.

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