Accountant

Job description / Role

Job Description
- Ensure timely processing, accounting, and payments of supplier invoices, incentive, and refunds. Carry out processing and reconciliation of Sales/Revenue Recognition/Interline transactions and non-airline partner billings by providing assurance on completeness and accuracy through internal control and review.
- Identify discrepancies through audit, raise under collections, investigate movements in balances, and ensure accurate reconciliations with minimal exceptions and adjustment needs. Analyse and report flight revenue yields, ensure all functional units are aligned with the Quality Management System, update system related masters accurately and on a timely basis.
- Compile, monitor, and follow up on the accounting and control reports from the outstations and validate contents through appropriate analysis.
- Specific to Group Payroll Services: Provide a support service to the department and relevant areas of the business with respect to payroll and employee-related payments, accounting, and master maintenance to ensure that payments to employees are made accurately and on time, and the financial statements reflect the correct balances.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience
Finance & Insurance. Accounts:

- 12 Years schooling or equivalent.
- Additional Finance related qualification preferable.
- 4+ years relevant experience. (Consideration will be given to 10 yrs schooling and 6+ years relevant experience)

Knowledge/skills:

- Accounting knowledge preferably from an airline background.
- High level of computer literacy and good knowledge of office automation software like Word, Excel, MS Access, and PowerPoint.
- Good analytical and investigative skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with various stakeholders across the business.
- Ability to function independently within an established framework.
Specific to teams in: MIS & Integrity, Revenue Master Management, and EK Revenue Services:
- Knowledge of fares, ticketing, proration, and interline rules/agreements (preferable with IATA qualification and/or cargo knowledge).
- Working knowledge of Global Distribution Systems (GDS) would be an added advantage.

About the Company

A fast-growing international airline with one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 400 awards for excellence worldwide.