Accountant – Cash & Receivables

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts receivable and customer balances; follow up on overdue invoices and obtain payment commitments through settlement.
• Review aging reports and prioritize long-outstanding balances; reconcile accounts and resolve discrepancies, disputes, and unidentified receipts.
• Monitor credit limits, payment terms, and exposure; identify and escalate high-risk or overdue customers.
• Support credit-control policies and coordinate with other departments on billing and collection issues.
• Record and reconcile customer receipts across cash, cheque, bank transfer, credit card, and other payment methods.
• Prepare collection, aging, overdue, and credit-exposure reports; support month-end closing, AR reconciliation, audits, and Expected Credit Loss review.
• Maintain documentation and audit trails for collection and receivables activities.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in Accounts Receivable, Collections, Cash Management, or Credit Control.
• Strong experience in established corporate or group-company environments and proven client collection experience.
• Good understanding of receivables aging, customer reconciliations, credit limits, payment terms, and credit-risk management.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and ERP/accounting system skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred experience and competencies

• Oracle or a similar ERP system is advantageous; Arabic is an advantage.
• Experience in veterinary, animal healthcare, hospital, clinic, pharmacy, healthcare, or related service industries is preferred.
• Collection and negotiation skills, professional client follow-up, analytical and reconciliation skills, and ability to identify and reduce credit risks.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, ownership, accountability, follow-through, and ability to work under pressure and meet collection targets.

Performance focus

• Reduce overdue receivables and balances over 30, 60, and 90 days; improve collection performance and Days Sales Outstanding.
• Reduce bad-debt and credit-risk exposure and maintain accurate, timely customer reconciliations and receivables reporting.

Pay

• AED 5,000–7,000 per month.

Work location

• Work location is in person.