Senior Accountant & Admin

Role Overview

Accounting and Financial Control

• Supervise daily accounting activities and ensure accurate, timely transaction recording.
• Review junior accounts, administrative, and data-entry work.
• Perform bank, supplier, customer, and marketplace reconciliations.
• Monitor accounts payable, receivable, ageing, expenses, payments, and supplier balances.
• Maintain ledgers, accounting records, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare monthly profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, and management reports.
• Identify discrepancies, unusual transactions, missing documentation, and errors.
• Strengthen financial controls and approval processes.

E-Commerce Accounting

• Reconcile marketplace sales, payments, deductions, fees, settlements, receivables, and discrepancies.
• Ensure marketplace transactions are accurately recorded in the accounting system.
• Coordinate with internal teams on deductions, claims, shortages, and payment issues.
• Provide management visibility into marketplace receivables and outstanding balances.

Tax and Compliance

• Maintain records required for UAE VAT and Corporate Tax compliance.
• Review VAT workings and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate with external tax consultants, auditors, and professional advisers.
• Maintain documentation for audits and regulatory requirements and monitor finance deadlines.

Administration and Supervision

• Supervise the admin/accounts team and allocate responsibilities effectively.
• Review staff performance, accuracy, productivity, and task completion.
• Establish procedures, checklists, and reporting systems.
• Participate in hiring junior administrative and accounts staff and support onboarding and training.
• Improve coordination across accounts, administration, procurement, warehouse, and management.
• Identify inefficient processes and recommend practical improvements.

Candidate Profile and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
• At least seven years of accounting experience, including at least three years in the UAE.
• At least one year of Zoho Books experience.
• Previous experience supervising junior accounts or administrative employees.
• Strong Excel and accounting software skills.
• Familiarity with UAE VAT and Corporate Tax requirements.
• Experience in trading, distribution, retail, or UAE e-commerce is strongly preferred.
• Audit, tax consultant, and external service provider experience is advantageous.
• Strong English communication skills.

Compensation

• The stated pay is AED 3,000 to AED 6,000 per month.
• The application text states a budget of AED 5,000 to AED 6,000 per month depending on experience.

Workplace

• Work location is in person at the Dubai office.