Accountant (Account Receivables)

Job description / Role

Our client, a leading trading and classifieds website are on the look out for an AR Accountant

The AR accountant is responsible for carrying out and monitoring the receivable accounting operations of the company. The Accountant role is a full operational role where you will be expected to support the finance team in carrying out the financial responsibilities and operations of the company with focus on AR and Revenue.

You will be looking to make an early step in your career to join a dynamic work environment and a cohesive team. This is a hands-on role, which focuses on Accounts Receivable, Revenue Recognition, system implementation, process improvement and month end reporting.

Reporting to the Manager, the role will be responsible for varied responsibilities including but not limited to;
- Review all new contracts for revenue recognition methodology Customer accounts reconciliation
- Ensure accurate payments allocation Credit notes management Sub ledger reconciliation
- Evaluate period end deferred balances
- Follow up with sales on outstanding items
- Build internal policy for operations, sales and contract negotiations to minimize negative impact on revenue recognition
- Develop and maintain internal systems to manage contracts with respect to revenue
- Review and make recommendations regarding bad debt or write-offs
- Reconciliation of cash books
- Actively participating and driving system implementation and process improvement
- Assisting in the annual audit and working with auditors on all issues for revenue recognition
- Ensure compliance to Group accounting policies in transaction processing
- Ensure proper GL close to agreed timelines and completion of all Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Ensure valid, accurate and timely recording of all sales invoices including management of invoice preparation
- Oversee transaction posting in the area of AR and resolve any issues

Requirements

- Accounting knowledge of general ledger, and revenue recognition principles
- In-depth understanding of the full receivable process
- Knowledge of IRFS and ERP systems
- Experience using Sage (ACCPAC) and Salesforce will be looked upon favourably
- Sound working knowledge with MS Office
- Advanced Excel skills
- Bachelor degree in Finance or Accounting from a recognized institution, plus CA/CPA qualified or part qualified
- 3+ years of industry experience in the area of receivables
- In depth knowledge of revenue recognition principles
- Proven track record in high volume, fast paced and data centric
- processing and reconciliations environment
- Experience in managing an end to end Accounts Receivable process
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment

About the Company

AXIZ Consulting is based in the Dubai International Finance Centre and offers a bespoke, highly consultative recruitment service to local and international organisations across the GCC in both professional services and primary industries. Its founding two members come from a blend of executive search and contingent recruitment and they have taken some of the best practices of executive search and applied this to contingent recruitment in order to produce a service which offers maximum value to clients.

In order for us to build a successful company, we identified a core aim: to offer our clients a service that surpasses that of our competition. In order to do this, we have put into place both internal and external processes that ensure clients receive a consistent and professional service which gets the right results, in the right way.