Senior Accountant

The role holder is responsible for executing general accounting activities pertaining to accounts receivable and fixed asset recording for Smart Dubai.

The role holder also prepares financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets and reports for government regulatory agencies.

Conduct daily operations ensuring that work processes are optimally delivered

Provide management information and insights on all dimensions of work area performance to facilitate discussion and decision making, both on a periodic basis and for ad-hoc management requests

Verify that all account receivable invoices are recorded and documented accurately and in compliance with existing accounting standards

Ensure regular follow up with customers for outstanding collections

Review Aging reports for customers for each category of revenue on a monthly basis and ensure that they correspond with the Trial Balance.

Ensure that the cash collection system is optimized by performing variance analysis to detect deviations and unusual operations for accounts receivable, and recommend improvements

Perform selective quarterly and year end customer receivables balances confirmation

Ensue that regular follow up with departments having fixed assets (FA) that are in still in clearing accounts in order to capitalize them.

Close and reconcile Fixed Assets, including providing regular reports in order to ensure that balances on financial statements are accurate and in compliance with the defined regulatory standards

Review physical verification against GRP reports

Coordinate with GRP teams for any technical problems related to FA/AR

Reconcile FA/ AR modules on monthly basis

Draft, implement and continuously improve policies, standards and processes in order to optimize performance and resource utilization

Prepare and present periodic and ad-hoc reports that reflect audit results, acting as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and achievement of goals

Provide concrete recommendations for improvement using independent judgment concerning areas being reviewed and submit overall recommendations to management

Define performance goals at the start of the year in discussion with the reporting manager and ensure that the goals are monitored and achieved during the course of the year

Take ownership of his/her own learning agenda by identifying development needs and address these gaps with an individual development plan, detailing the appropriate actions to be taken, in consultation with the reporting manager

Strive to achieve the highest levels of proficiency on all the competencies and skills required to perform the role

Keep abreast of relevant professional/industry developments, new techniques and current topics through continued education and professional networks

Follow all relevant Department policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner

Contribute to the optimization of policies, processes and procedures emphasizing digitization and paperless strategies

Comply with all relevant information security practices and standards to ensure data integrity and confidentiality