Accountant

About the Role:

We are seeking an Accountant to join Reneco’s Finance team in Abu Dhabi. The Accountant will handle daily accounting activities and support financial closing, reporting, and audits, ensuring accurate records and proper supporting documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Record daily accounting transactions, ensuring correct account coding and appropriate approvals.
• Process supplier invoices, verify supporting documents and prepare payment requests.
• Issue and record customer invoices, monitor outstanding balances and follow up on overdue payments.
• Review employee expense claims and advances, ensuring compliance with company procedures and timely settlement.
• Perform bank reconciliations, maintain petty cash records and investigate discrepancies.
• Prepare journal entries, including accruals, prepayments and payroll-related entries.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, record additions and disposals, and calculate depreciation.
• Reconcile supplier, customer, and other balance sheet accounts, resolving outstanding items.
• Support month-end and year-end closing and prepare the required accounting schedules.
• Prepare accounting reports and highlight unusual transactions or inconsistencies.
• Provide documents and explanations for internal and external audits.
• Maintain organised accounting records and help improve accounting procedures and internal controls.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of relevant accounting experience.
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practical experience in bookkeeping, reconciliations, and financial closing.
• Experience handling accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger entries.
• Proficiency in Oracle ERP systems.
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel for reconciliations and reporting.
• Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Strong attention to detail, organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills, a collaborative approach and discretion with confidential information.

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous accounting experience in the UAE.
• Experience working in an international or multi-entity organisation.
• Experience supporting audits and preparing VAT-related accounting records.
• Knowledge of French or Arabic would be an advantage.