Accountant

Dubai, UAE

Posted
Ref: NP598-146

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

JOB PURPOSE

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 undercollections, 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 timely basis.

Compile, monitor and follow up on the accounting and control reports from the outstations and validate contents through appropriate analysis.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES LINKED TO OBJECTIVE AREAS

Generic

- Review processes, analyse high risk areas, handle quality checks, and ensure adequate maintenance of prevention and detection controls to ensure completeness, timelines of processing, accounting, billing and accuracy of computation and settlement.
- Resolve disputes, queries, discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify areas and ensure active involvement in projects, system enhancements testing and process changes and thereby acquire in depth knowledge and enhance business processes.
- Check the integrity of interfaces and completeness of data generated by the system. Provide support on key processes and deliverables in the absence of Finance Officer and assist the Finance Officer/Controller in month closing reviews by investigating movements in balances to ensure quality/accuracy of reporting and to ensure that month/year end adjustments are kept to the minimum.
- Provide data analytical support for Management Information Systems (MIS), KPI and Revenue Assurance.

Specific to EK Revenue Services

Outstations Receivables Management

- Monitor and perform the accounting function which includes receivable, receipting and allocation function for all Centralised stations through review of control reports and regular interaction with the outstations team members in order to achieve established internal and external accounting timelines. This will require building awareness about station specific exceptions/peculiarities
- Support Outstations staff on a day-to-day basis on Receivable accounting, processing, system and procedure related queries. Validate the information provided by the station by running necessary checks. The validation process will include comparing the information with Finance and accounting manual for outstation (FAMOVS) and internal controls, keeping in mind the local exceptions.
- Escalate to management any critical issues or concerns impacting the deliverables after taking the appropriate action and performing the necessary analysis.
- Provide regular updates, reports and feedback to Line Manager and Stakeholders on reconciliation positions, account status and effectively support the decision making process.
- Identify areas and ensure active involvement in projects, system enhancements testing and process changes and thereby acquire in depth knowledge and enhance business processes.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Qualifications:
- 12 years schooling or equivalent Additional Finance related qualification preferable

Experience:
- 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