Senior Accountant

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, management reports, and Profit & Loss reports in accordance with IFRS. • Analyse financial performance, identify variances, and provide financial insights and recommendations to management. • Prepare budgets, forecasts, financial plans, and cash flow projections to support business decisions. • Monitor and interpret cash flow, daily bank movements, and liquidity requirements. • Perform bank, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring the accuracy of financial records. • Reconcile AP, AR, supplier statements, customer balances, and intercompany accounts, while maintaining aging reports. • Process, review, and verify supplier invoices, customer invoices, Local Purchase Orders (LPOs), payment certificates, and supporting documents before posting. • Prepare supplier payments, oversee weekly payment runs, and review bank transfers, card transactions, and payment records. • Manage payroll processing, salary transfers, WPS files, commissions, and related reconciliations. • Maintain and reconcile petty cash transactions and allocate expenses to the appropriate cost centres and projects. • Prepare project cost reports, profitability analysis, financial progress reports, and monitor project margins. • Reconcile income received from third-party property and asset managers, comparing expected versus actual receipts. • Monitor and analyse operating expenses across business units, locations, projects, cost centres, and expense categories. • Maintain the Fixed Asset Register, including asset capitalization, depreciation, transfers, and disposals. • Control inventory records and perform inventory reconciliations. • Prepare, reconcile, and submit UAE VAT returns in compliance with Federal Tax Authority (FTA) regulations. • Support ERP implementation and optimization, including chart of accounts, cost centres, financial dimensions, workflows, and reporting structures. • Develop and improve Excel templates, financial models, dashboards, reconciliations, and management reporting tools. • Prepare tender pricing, cost analysis, financial documentation, and support contract submissions. • Manage performance guarantees, insurance documentation, and financial compliance requirements for contracts. • Maintain company financial records required for ICV certification and other regulatory compliance requirements. • Coordinate with external auditors by preparing audit schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents, and responding to audit queries. • Coordinate with internal departments, project teams, property managers, vendors, clients, and external advisors to ensure accurate financial reporting and timely data submission. • Review and verify all accounting transactions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies and accounting standards. • Identify process improvements, strengthen internal controls, reduce financial risks, and improve operational efficiency. • Assist senior management with strategic financial planning, budgeting, business analysis, and decision-making. • Supervise and guide junior accounting staff, ensuring compliance with accounting procedures and timely completion of financial tasks. • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; a Master's degree is a plus for advanced understanding. • CPA certification is highly preferred, demonstrating a commitment to excellence and professional standards. • Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience, ideally in a corporate or public accounting environment. • Experience in industry-specific accounting practices, such as manufacturing or healthcare, is advantageous. TECHNICAL SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE Microsoft Dynamics 365 • Knowledge of accounting/financial software • Knowledge of relevant IFRS and accounting standards • MS Office • Microsoft Power BI • Advanced Microsoft Excel