Accounts Assistant

Job description / Role

Our client is relocating their HQ from Europe to Dubai’s JLT area. The company currently operates in around 20 countries.

This is a small HQ with around 5-7 people, which operates as a group / holding company. The role reports directly to the Finance Director.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the preparation of accounts for approximately 15 legal entities.
• Accounts to at least trial balance; profit and loss, balance sheet optional.
• Assist with delivering year end reporting, external audit and statutory requirements.
• Assist with the group accounting consolidation process
• Comfortable with double entry and general ledger maintenance and reconciliation.
• Will be responsible for setting up new companies on the accounting system and maintaining appropriate books and records.
• Preparation of cash flows
• Bank payments via online banking platforms, knowledge of preparing payments to foreign accounts / overseas transactions
• Bank reconciliations
• Responsible for statutory returns VAT etc.
• General office admin duties – filing, photocopying, answering phone etc

• Part qualified accountant level
• Must have min 2 years experience in the UAE
• Group consolidations experience is required
• Knowledge of dealing with foreign currency transactions and maintaining ledgers in different currencies.
• Competent user of Excel / Word / PowerPoint.
• Must have previous UAE experience
• VAT / FTA experience essential
• Knowledge of accounting systems, such as Quickbooks or similar

Salary:
AED 12,000 to 17,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

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.