Accountant

Job description / Role

Job purpose

At Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always 'Fly Better.' As one of the most recognised and admired brands globally, we're driven by innovation and excellence. Join us as an accountant (Emiratisation) and play a key role in driving financial strategy and decision-making for a global business. Experience a fast-paced, multicultural environment where your financial expertise will be central to shaping the future of aviation while making a meaningful impact on a global stage.

As an accountant (Emiratisation), this role will be required to ensure timely processing, accounting and payments of supplier invoices, incentive and refunds. Carry out processing and reconciliation of sales/revenue recognition and costs/expenses recognition 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. Compile, monitor and follow up on the accounting and control reports from the business and validate contents through appropriate analysis. Review supplier and balance sheet account reconciliations and follow-up for open items with an aim towards closure of exceptions within timelines. Identify high variances and investigate causes of the same and liaise with stakeholders for resolutions and corrective actions.

In this role, you will be responsible for;

• 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 protection.
• Co-ordinate with relevant internal service providers to enable the processing of payment runs relating to payroll and reimbursements as per schedule. Ensure data/files are received on time and uploaded correctly into the system for generation of reports and bank transfer listings for payments. Generate necessary accounting entries through the system or manually to support these activities.
• Verify requests for loans and advances to employees with reference to supporting documents and approvals to ensure validity. Ensure correct payment, recovery and accounting and follow up and investigate any discrepancies identified to resolution.
• Create and update masters relating to payroll and EFT in the relevant HR/Finance systems through inputting accurate information such as bank details to enable correct accounting and electronic payments.
• Review employee related costs at outstations comprising salary disbursements and upload of payroll files to respective banks; generation of payroll for stations as required; centralised accruals and accounting of bonus and EOSB for outstation based staff; reconcile payroll related general ledger accounts.

Qualification

To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements;

• 12 years schooling or equivalent with 4+ years relevant experience (consideration will be given to 10 years schooling and 6+ years relevant experience)
• 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

You will have an edge if you have;

• An additional finance related qualification
• Accounting knowledge preferably from an airline background.

At Emirates Group, we're committed to providing our employees with opportunities to grow and develop their careers. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, apply today and join our team!

Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays worldwide.

Discover what it's like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city.

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.