Accountant

Role overview

Accounting, receivables, and payables

• Record sales, purchases, receipts, payments, and expenses; prepare journals and maintain the general ledger and supporting documents.
• Support month-end and year-end closing.
• Issue customer invoices, record receipts, monitor balances, prepare statements and ageing reports, and follow up on overdue payments.
• Verify and record supplier invoices, prepare payments, reconcile supplier statements, and monitor payables and due dates.
• Perform bank and customer and supplier reconciliations, investigate and correct discrepancies, and maintain petty cash records where applicable.

Tax, reporting, and audit duties

• Maintain VAT records, calculate input and output VAT, assist with UAE VAT returns, reconcile VAT accounts, and maintain tax documentation.
• Support UAE Corporate Tax compliance and related documentation.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, P&L, balance sheet, ageing, and management reports; assist with cash-flow monitoring, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Prepare auditor schedules and documents, respond to audit queries, and assist with year-end audit requirements.

Client coordination

• In an accounting or tax consultancy, the accountant may manage multiple client accounts, obtain missing documents, and coordinate with clients, auditors, banks, and tax authorities.

Required qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce and good knowledge of accounting principles.
• Knowledge of UAE VAT and Corporate Tax; strong understanding of AP, AR, and bank reconciliation.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel; good communication and client-handling skills.
• Strong attention to detail, deadline management, and analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Malayalam and English are mandatory.
• Immediate joiners are preferred.

Accounting software

• Experience with accounting software such as Tally or Tally Prime, Zoho Books, or Odoo is described as commonly requested; no single product is specified as mandatory.

Pay

• Pay is stated as AED 2,500–6,804.50 per month; the structured salary field states AED 2,500 per month.

Work arrangement

• Work location is in person.