Senior Accountant
Description
We are actively looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Accountant to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience handling high-volume transactions, strong analytical skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
This role involves owning day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial record-keeping, and supporting month-end and year-end closing activities.
Please note: this is a hands-on role with a significant amount of manual accounting work. A large part of the day-to-day involves manual data entry, manual journal entries, and maintaining accounts and reconciliations in Excel alongside the accounting system. Candidates should be comfortable and genuinely willing to do detailed, manual, transaction-level work, not only review or supervise it.
Key Responsibilities
- Process high-volume vendor invoices and handle daily manual data entry in Excel and the accounting system.
- Prepare and post manual journal entries (accruals, prepayments, reclasses, adjustments) and maintain accounts and schedules in Excel.
- Reconcile AP, GL, bank, and intercompany accounts across multiple entities and currencies.
- Classify costs and allocate expenses across departments and entities.
- Own month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities.
- Manage vendor relationships: maintain vendor records, resolve queries and discrepancies, and ensure timely payments.
- Support audits with schedules, reconciliations, and documentation.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, company policies, and relevant accounting standards (IFRS).
Requirements
- 7–10 years of hands-on accounting experience, preferably in a fast-growing, multi-entity environment.
- Strong experience processing high volumes of vendor invoices and managing vendor relationships.
- Comfortable handling accounting in both Excel and an accounting system, including manual entries, manual journals, and manually maintained accounts.
- Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data cleaning).
- Working knowledge of accounting systems, preferably Oracle NetSuite.
- Solid understanding of multi-company, intercompany, and multi-currency accounting and reconciliations.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic setup.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; ACCA, CPA, or CMA is a plus.
Skills
As published by workable · 7 questions
Basics
First name, Last name, Email, Phone, Address, Photo, Education, Experience, Resume
Short answers (5)
- Roughly how many vendor invoices did you personally process per month in your current or last role and across how many entities and currencies?
- List the Excel formulas and functions you use regularly in your current role. Please answer honestly, as shortlisted candidates will complete a short practical Excel test.
- In one word only, name the accounting system you have used the most:
- What is your expected monthly salary (gross salary) in AED?
- What is your notice period?
Pick from a list (2)
- This role invovles daily manual data entry, manual journal entries and Excel-based reconciliations, and not limited to reviewing others' work. Please confirm you are willing to do this hands-on-work every day?
- This is a full-time, on-site role based at our office in Dubai South. Please confirm you can commit to working from this location full time?