Accounting Specialist - Expense

Job description / Role

We are recruiting an Expense Accounting Specialist for our Multinational Client. This role will support the Global Finance Operations Services team, resolving complex expense queries, responding to escalation from the team and auditing complex expenses in line with the Middle East Expenses policy.

Responsibilities:
• Checking and verifying complex employee expense reports (e.g., team events)
• Verifying expense reports submissions are in accordance with company
• Proactively suggesting improvements to the expense policy if needed
• Act as a point of contact for employees on complex expense related queries
• Providing feedback to the Global Financial Operations Services team to support continuous improvement
• Processing expense reimbursement as scheduled
• Ensuring that any applicable deductions are correctly applied against the expense reimbursement
• Reconciling the Oracle payment batch to the bank upload
• Proactively suggesting improvements on the method of payment if needed
• Handling all expense reimbursement queries from the bank in a timely and accurate manner
• Assessing the aging of expense reports and plan for their reimbursement accordingly
• Reconciling unpaid expense reports at month-end to the general ledger

Salary:
AED 17,000 to 18,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.
Additional benefits: Plus Medical

Requirements

Requirements
• Candidates must be degree educated in Accounting or Finance discipline with experience in a professional services environment
• Experience in expense / employee reimbursement auditing preferred
• You should have a strong sense of Customer service and address issues and suggest solutions
• You are an increasingly independent contributor, including when faced with missing information
• You must have the ability and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment

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About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.