Accountant

Job description

You keep the books for a travel agency that takes money in several ways: cards, bank transfers, instalment plans and cash at the counter, against suppliers who invoice in their own currencies and on their own credit terms. The work is daily entries, weekly reconciliation and a clean month end, with the quarterly value added tax return filed on time. You will also be the person who notices when a booking travelled without being paid, and says so. The office is in Al Jaffliya, Dubai. You report to the owner and work with the sales and visa teams on what each booking actually collected.

Key responsibilities

• Record daily sales, supplier invoices, receipts and payments in our accounting system
• Reconcile the bank accounts, card settlements and instalment payouts every week
• Keep supplier and customer ledgers current, and chase what is outstanding
• Prepare the quarterly value added tax return and keep the records the Federal Tax Authority asks for
• Issue invoices and credit notes, and check a booking is paid in full before the customer travels
• Run the monthly payroll and the salary transfer file, with leave and end of service balances tracked
• Close each month: trial balance, profit and loss, and a short note on what moved and why
• Account for petty cash, visa fees and refunds to the last dirham

Requirements

• At least 2 years as an accountant in the UAE, having filed value added tax returns yourself
• Confident in accounting software and in spreadsheets; experience with travel accounting software is an advantage
• Understands travel accounts: supplier credit, deposits, refunds and card chargebacks
• Accurate, and willing to say out loud when a number does not add up
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Already in the UAE, or able to join us at short notice

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, commerce or finance
• A professional qualification, in full or in part, such as ACCA, CMA or CA, is an advantage
• Knows UAE value added tax and the records the Federal Tax Authority expects
• Discreet with salary, supplier and customer information

Required skills

• Bookkeeping
• UAE VAT
• Bank reconciliation
• Payroll
• Accounts receivable
• Spreadsheets
• Month end closing