Revenue Accountant

Job description / Role

Revenue/ Accounts Receivable Accountant

Morgan McKinley have been retained by a high profile international media business to assist in recruiting a Revenue or Accounts Receivable Accountant for their Dubai office. The AR/Revenue accountant is responsible for carrying out and monitoring the receivable accounting operations of the company.

You will be joining a dynamic work environment and an experienced, 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 Finance Manager, the role will be responsible for varied responsibilities such as:
* Review all new contracts for revenue recognition methodology
* Customer accounts reconciliation
* Ensure accurate payments allocation
* Sub ledger reconciliation
* Evaluate period end deferred balances
* Build internal policy for operations, sales and contract negotiations to minimize negative impact on revenue recognition
* Review and make recommendations regarding bad debt or write-offs
* Reconciliation of cash books
* Actively participating and driving system implementation and process improvement
* Ensure proper GL close to agreed timelines and completion of all Balance Sheet Reconciliations
* Oversee transaction posting in the area of AR and resolve any issues

Requirements

Am experienced Accounts Receivable and Revenue Accountant is required for a high profile international business in the media industry in Dubai.

* Bachelor Degree in Finance or Accounting from a recognized institution, plus ACA/ACCA or CPA qualified or part qualified ideally
* Minimum of 3+ years 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
* Accounting knowledge of general ledger, and revenue recognition principles
* Knowledge of IFRS and ERP systems
* Experience using Sage (ACCPAC) and Salesforce is beneficial
* Advanced Excel skills

About the Company

At Cooper Fitch, we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We provide recruitment, executive search and human resources advisory services to thousands of clients across the Middle East, we have been delivering services in the region since 1997. Our team is your team, we firmly believe in delivering first class committed search services. It is our mission to help build the best talent in the market. Our services are tailored to your every need, we have spent nearly twenty years developing an extensive database of top tier talent in the region. We also aim to help you protect and retain your people with our world-class assessment, testing and advisory facilities. We provide both valuable market updates and compensation and benefits analysis to complete the full spectrum of human resources services.