Accountant - Arabic Speakers

• Role: Accountant - Arabic Speakers only • Employment Type: Full time • Client Industry: Realestate • Location: Abu Dhabi • Start Date: Immediate / As per availability Key Responsibilities: • Record approved receipts, invoices, credit notes, journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed-asset movements, and other transactions in the correct company code, fund, property, cost centre, GL account, and accounting period. • Prepare monthly bank reconciliations, cashbook reconciliations, corporate-card and petty-cash reconciliations, and follow up on outstanding or unidentified items. • Maintain AR ledgers and owner / customer accounts; support service-charge billing, receipt allocation, collections reporting, ageing, statement issuance, dispute tracking, and reconciliation of owner and developer balances. • Maintain AP ledgers; validate invoice support, PO / contract references, receipt confirmation, tax details, and coding; prepare supplier reconciliations, ageing schedules, accrual inputs, and payment-support packs for independent review and approval. • Prepare monthly schedules for accruals, prepayments, deposits, fixed assets, intercompany balances, VAT, restricted funds, reserve / sinking funds, and other assigned balance-sheet accounts. • Support monthly and year-end close by completing assigned postings and schedules within the close calendar and resolving review comments promptly. • Assist in preparation of budget-versus-actual reports, forecasts, cash-position reports, collection dashboards, audit schedules, and variance explanations. • Maintain organized electronic records and audit trails for all postings, reconciliations, invoices, receipts, approvals, contracts, and correspondence in line with retention requirements. • Support ERP data cleansing, master-data validation, migration, UAT, reporting, and process-improvement initiatives. • Respond professionally to internal departments, owners, customers, suppliers, auditors, and other stakeholders within agreed service levels. • Immediately escalate duplicate invoices, unsupported requests, unusual transactions, conflicts of interest, suspected fraud, unreconciled differences, and transactions outside the approved DOA. • Do not approve own postings or payment requests and do not act as sole bank authorizer; comply with maker-checker controls at all times. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline. • Part-qualified ACCA, CMA, CPA, or equivalent is an advantage. • Minimum 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience; property management, community management, OA, real estate, or service-charge accounting experience is preferred. • Good knowledge of double-entry accounting, reconciliations, AP, AR, VAT, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and month-end closing. • Strong Excel skills and practical experience using ERP or property-management accounting systems. • Good written and spoken English; Arabic is an advantage. Show more Show less

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline. Part-qualified ACCA, CMA, CPA, or equivalent is an advantage. Minimum 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience; property management, community management, OA, real estate, or service-charge accounting experience is preferred. Good knowledge of double-entry accounting, reconciliations, AP, AR, VAT, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and month-end closing. Strong Excel skills and practical experience using ERP or property-management accounting systems. Good written and spoken English; Arabic is an advantage.

Record approved receipts, invoices, credit notes, journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed-asset movements, and other transactions in the correct company code, fund, property, cost centre, GL account, and accounting period. Prepare monthly bank reconciliations, cashbook reconciliations, corporate-card and petty-cash reconciliations, and follow up on outstanding or unidentified items. Maintain AR ledgers and owner / customer accounts; support service-charge billing, receipt allocation, collections reporting, ageing, statement issuance, dispute tracking, and reconciliation of owner and developer balances. Maintain AP ledgers; validate invoice support, PO / contract references, receipt confirmation, tax details, and coding; prepare supplier reconciliations, ageing schedules, accrual inputs, and payment-support packs for independent review and approval. Prepare monthly schedules for accruals, prepayments, deposits, fixed assets, intercompany balances, VAT, restricted funds, reserve / sinking funds, and other assigned balance-sheet accounts. Support monthly and year-end close by completing assigned postings and schedules within the close calendar and resolving review comments promptly. Assist in preparation of budget-versus-actual reports, forecasts, cash-position reports, collection dashboards, audit schedules, and variance explanations. Maintain organized electronic records and audit trails for all postings, reconciliations, invoices, receipts, approvals, contracts, and correspondence in line with retention requirements. Support ERP data cleansing, master-data validation, migration, UAT, reporting, and process-improvement initiatives. Respond professionally to internal departments, owners, customers, suppliers, auditors, and other stakeholders within agreed service levels. Immediately escalate duplicate invoices, unsupported requests, unusual transactions, conflicts of interest, suspected fraud, unreconciled differences, and transactions outside the approved DOA. Do not approve own postings or payment requests and do not act as sole bank authorizer; comply with maker-checker controls at all times.