General Ledger Accountant

About UDST

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing, analyzing, and summarizing accrual-basis general ledger data in the ERP system to support accurate financial statements.
• Assist in preparing and entering data for financial reports, audits, and year-end budgets in accordance with university financial procedures.
• Meet university reporting requirements and deadlines and support timely decision-making for internal management and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and resolve outstanding items.
• Initiate fund transfer requests, prepare journal entries, and maintain supporting documentation.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of bank, accounts payable, and prepayment accounts.
• Prepare and post journal entries for tuition POS charges, prepayments, prepaid expenses, amortization, and manual accruals.
• Monitor outstanding POS prepayments in PeopleSoft and coordinate timely application and accurate recording with relevant teams.
• Perform daily bank reconciliations of online payment transactions.
• Update market rates in PeopleSoft and maintain accurate financial records.
• Collaborate with IT and banking partners on new banking services, system updates, and banking portal enhancements.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• Minimum of four years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, or related fields.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic preferred.