Accountant

Job description / Role

- Group Budgeting and and quarterly analysis on performance of business units
- Minimum 10 years experience in the UAE
- Perform bank and cash reconciliation, clearing reconciling items, and assisting with process changes to reduce reconciliation issues
- Cash flow management
- Prepare and automate pertinent daily, weekly, monthly reports to help manage the business
- Improve, execute, and effectively communicate significant analyses that identify meaningful trends and opportunities across the business
- Preparation of accounts for yearly audit and assist auditors
- Analyze and report on financial status including income statement variances, communicating financial results to management.
- Advanced analytical skills with experience collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating abundant information with accuracy
- Have a strong understanding of VAT rules and application of those rules on transactions
- Suggest improvements to senior management on internal people, process, and technology supported by benchmarking research and analytics. Actively participate in the implementation of approved changes
- Process journal entries and gather supporting documentation for all entities.
- Analyze and reconcile accounts related to all assigned entities on a monthly basis.
- Analyze account activity to identify corrections and reclassify based on the nature of the account.
- Prepare monthly trial balance reports, income statements, balance sheets and cash flow forecast reports.
- Very organized to manage accounts multiple businesses and Group
- Well-spoken, hygienic and clean and presentable
- Good interpersonal skills, relationship with banks, authorities if needed
- Highly presentable - clean, professional, sharp and well-spoken
- Must be in UAE

Requirements

- Minimum 10 years experience in the UAE
- Self-motivated and self-directed - need to be a fast learner, to understand and have a good grip on all the businesses, and then add tangible value to the accounting and finance function and angle of our businesses
- Must be an Arabic Speaker and fluent in English

About the Company

A leading law firm in the UAE.