Junior Accountant (Local candidate)

Job description / Role

Location: Abu Dhabi
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Finance & Accounting
Reports To: Senior Accountant

Job Summary:
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Accountant to join our accounting team. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong academic background in accounting or finance, even if they have no prior work experience. The Junior Accountant will be responsible for assisting with financial record-keeping, reporting, and analysis, gaining hands-on experience in a dynamic corporate environment.

Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in maintaining financial records and preparing financial reports.
- Reconcile bank statements and assist with month-end and year-end closing.
- Maintain vendor accounts and prepare vendor related payments.
- Conduct financial data entry and ensure accuracy in all transactions.
- Assist with the monthly VAT computations and returns.
- Assist in maintaining documentation for financial transactions.
- Collaborate with team members to ensure deadlines are met.

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Willingness to learn and adapt to a fast-paced work environment.

About the Company

Veolia is the world's largest environmental services company.

For over 160 years, Veolia has provided public and private sectors with Water, Energy and Waste Management solutions and services which are vital to human development and sustainable growth.

With over 200,000 employees on five continents, Veolia designs practical solutions for the management (operation, treatment, distribution and/or supply) of Water, Waste and Energy. Through these three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them.

Veolia Group achieved revenues of EUR 28.5billion in 2021. (In 2020) the Veolia Group served 95mn inhabitants with drinking water, 62mn with sanitation, produced nearly 43mn MWH of energy, and recycled 47mn tonnes of waste.

Veolia aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Our goal is to build a better 21st century. We therefore see ourselves as #resourcers.

VEOLIA IN THE NEAR & MIDDLE EAST

Veolia has operated in the Middle East for over 30 years, providing innovative and sustainable water & waste services to industries, governments & communities, retail and commercial businesses.

Veolia has more than 3,000 employees in the Near & Middle East and a strong regional network of ~12 offices in the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.

Veolia currently has over 6,000 project references of work delivered in the region, and continues to develop new projects through public-private partnerships and innovative contractual schemes.