Accounts Receivable Accountant

About the role

Requirements

• Qualifications & Experience
• - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• - 2–4 years of experience in accounts receivable, collections, or general accounting.
• - UAE experience is preferred.
• - Good understanding of UAE VAT requirements.
• - Experience with Oracle Fusion or a similar ERP system is preferred.
• - Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Key Competencies
• - Strong collection and follow-up skills.
• - Strong reconciliation abilities.
• - High attention to detail.
• - Good communication skills.
• - Commercial awareness.
• - Ability to coordinate effectively with clients and internal business teams.

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities
• - Prepare and issue customer invoices in accordance with approved contracts, POs, milestones, and supporting documentation.
• - Ensure customer invoices comply with UAE VAT requirements.
• - Record and maintain accurate customer receivable balances in Oracle Fusion.
• - Monitor AR ageing reports and follow up on overdue amounts.
• - Coordinate with Business Development, project teams, and management regarding outstanding collections.
• - Maintain collection trackers and provide regular collection status reports.
• - Allocate customer receipts against outstanding invoices.
• - Perform customer statement reconciliations.
• - Investigate and resolve discrepancies, deductions, and unidentified receipts.
• - Monitor customer advances and ensure appropriate accounting treatment.
• - Support revenue recognition and ensure invoicing aligns with contractual milestones.
• - Reconcile the AR subledger with the general ledger.
• - Support intercompany receivable reconciliations.
• - Maintain complete customer documentation, including contracts, POs, invoices, and collection records.
• - Provide weekly and monthly collection forecasts.
• - Escalate overdue and high-risk receivables to Finance management.
• - Support month-end closing and preparation of AR schedules.
• - Assist with expected credit loss and bad debt analysis where required.
• - Support external and internal audit requirements relating to revenue and receivables.
• - Perform other Finance Operations responsibilities assigned by management.

Skills

• Accounts receivable
• invoicing
• revenue recognition
• AR ageing
• Oracle Fusion
• VAT compliance
• receivables reconciliation
• collection tracking
• general ledger reconciliation
• intercompany receivables
• customer statement reconciliations
• credit loss analysis
• audit support
• Microsoft Excel