Senior Accountant - Revenue, Tax & Finance Operations

Role purpose

VAT compliance and reporting

• Prepare VAT computations and schedules, reconcile them with the general ledger, and arrange reviewed return filings and payments.
• Prepare annual VAT reconciliations and adjustments, including input VAT apportionment where relevant; manage refund applications and supporting records.
• Review input VAT claims and business practices for correct VAT treatment; coordinate registrations, tax group amendments, and tax authority or adviser requests.

Corporate tax compliance and reporting

• Prepare entity and tax-group corporate tax computations and returns; reconcile results to financial statements and the general ledger.
• Manage corporate tax registrations, tax group changes, eligibility monitoring, group computations, tax-loss schedules, and transfer pricing records.
• Maintain compliance records and calendars; coordinate responses to authority queries, assessments, corrections, and voluntary disclosures, and report relevant developments.

Revenue reconciliation and banking

• Reconcile daily store revenue across POS records, collection reports, card settlements, cash deposits, and the general ledger.
• Investigate missing or duplicate transactions, settlement differences, cash variances, posting errors, refunds, and chargebacks; coordinate resolution with relevant teams.
• Track unreconciled items, report aged exceptions, and complete revenue adjustments within month-end deadlines.
• Coordinate bank documentation, KYC, accounts, signatories, cash deposit services, and payment terminals; maintain registers and review bank and merchant charges.

Payroll, settlements, and expenses

• Verify payroll against employee records, attendance, leave, salary changes, and approved supporting documents; validate WPS files and salary disbursements.
• Investigate rejected salary payments, reconcile payroll records, verify final settlements and incentives, and maintain supporting records confidentially.
• Review petty cash and Qashio transactions for business purpose, approvals, documentation, classification, store allocation, and VAT treatment.
• Reconcile Qashio balances and follow up on missing receipts, unsupported expenses, duplicate claims, and policy exceptions; report spending and recommend control improvements.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; CA Inter, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent is preferred.
• Typically 5–8 years of relevant accounting experience, including at least 3 years in the UAE.
• Practical UAE VAT return, refund, and reconciliation experience; hands-on UAE corporate tax, filing, registration, and EmaraTax experience.
• Experience with corporate tax groups, tax-loss schedules, and transfer pricing compliance is strongly preferred.
• Strong POS-to-bank-to-GL reconciliation experience in a multi-location retail, hospitality, entertainment, or similar business.
• Working knowledge of WPS payroll, final settlements, and banking; strong Excel skills including PivotTables and lookup functions.
• ERP and POS experience required; familiarity with Odoo, Semnox, and Qashio is advantageous.

Key competencies

• Attention to detail, sound accounting judgment, and the ability to investigate discrepancies through resolution.
• Effective coordination with HR, store operations, banks, auditors, and tax advisers; ability to manage deadlines across entities and locations.
• Clear reporting, task ownership, timely escalation, integrity, confidentiality, and a practical approach to improving controls.

Performance measures