Senior Accountant
Skills
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Accounting & Bookkeeping
- Manage full-cycle accounting for multiple clients.
- Review and post sales invoices, purchase bills, receipts, payments, journals, accruals, prepayments, and provisions.
- Perform bank, customer, supplier, intercompany, and general ledger reconciliations.
- Maintain accurate chart of accounts, cost centers, and accounting classifications.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management accounts.
- Ensure proper documentation and audit trail for all accounting transactions.
Financial Reporting
- Prepare financial statements, trial balance, profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, and supporting schedules.
- Prepare MIS reports, ageing reports, variance analysis, and financial dashboards.
- Assist management in preparing client-level financial insights and recommendations.
- Support year-end closing and external audit requirements.
UAE VAT & Corporate Tax Compliance
- Prepare and review UAE VAT returns.
- Reconcile VAT input, output, exempt, zero-rated, and reverse charge transactions.
- Assist in corporate tax data preparation, expense classification, and tax schedules.
- Ensure client records comply with UAE VAT, Corporate Tax, and bookkeeping requirements.
- Coordinate with tax consultants, auditors, and clients for compliance matters.
Zoho Books & Odoo Expertise
- Record, review, and reconcile transactions in **Zoho Books** and **Odoo**.
- Configure basic accounting settings, taxes, chart of accounts, products, customers, vendors, and bank feeds.
- Identify system posting errors, reconciliation issues, and reporting mismatches.
- Support clients in improving accounting workflows within Zoho and Odoo.
- Assist in migration, cleanup, and implementation support where required.
Client Management
- Act as a key point of contact for assigned clients.
- Follow up with clients for missing documents, approvals, payments, and clarifications.
- Provide professional responses to client accounting and compliance queries.
- Maintain service quality, deadlines, and client satisfaction.
- Escalate complex matters to senior management on a timely basis.
Team Coordination
- Supervise junior accountants and review their work.
- Allocate tasks, monitor deadlines, and ensure quality control.
- Train junior team members on accounting processes, documentation standards, Zoho, and Odoo.
- Support internal process improvement and standard operating procedures.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, CA Inter, CMA, CPA, or equivalent will be an advantage.
- Minimum **4–6 years of accounting experience**, preferably in an outsourced accounting, audit, tax, or consultancy firm.
- Strong practical knowledge of UAE VAT and accounting compliance.
- Hands-on experience with **Zoho Books and Odoo is mandatory**.
- Experience handling multiple clients or multiple entities is strongly preferred.
Required Skills
- Strong accounting and financial reporting knowledge.
- Advanced working knowledge of **Zoho Books** and **Odoo Accounting**.
- Good understanding of UAE VAT, corporate tax basics, and compliance documentation.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup formulas, reconciliations, and reporting templates.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and client assignments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
- High attention to detail and strong ownership mindset.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a professional team.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in accounting for trading, services, real estate, contracting, hospitality, or e-commerce businesses.
- Experience in ERP implementation, migration, or accounting system cleanup.
- Knowledge of payroll, WPS, inventory accounting, landed cost, and fixed asset accounting.
- Prior experience in UAE-based accounting firms or outsourced finance departments.
Key Performance Expectations
- The successful candidate should be able to:
- Independently manage assigned client accounts.
- Close monthly accounts within agreed deadlines.
- Prepare accurate VAT and management reports.
- Resolve Zoho and Odoo accounting issues.
- Maintain clean reconciliations and proper supporting documentation.
- Communicate professionally with clients and internal teams.
- Support the firm in delivering reliable, scalable, and compliance-focused accounting services.
- Pay: AED4,000.00 - AED6,000.00 per month
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