Accountant

Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global clean energy leader in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Accountant to manage bookkeeping and financial reporting in compliance with IFRS. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and be a qualified accountant. You will be responsible for financial management in major infrastructure projects, ensuring the integrity of financial records. This position demands strong communication skills and attention to detail in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in bookkeeping, taxation, and financial management.
• Deep understanding of statutory requirements and IFRS.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly trial balance and ensure timely closing of books.
• Record business transactions in compliance with accounting standards.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and balance sheet accounts.
• Process accruals as per IFRS standards.

Skills

Communication skills

Understanding of accounting regulations

Knowledge of IFRS

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, taxation, finance or similar

Qualified accountant (ACCA, CAP, CIPA, DipIFR)

Tools

Financial systems and applications

Job description

Overview

Established in 2006, Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) is a global clean energy leader, transforming how the world produces and consumes energy through bold innovation and commercial excellence.

Masdar is a clean energy investor, developer and operator, advancing renewable energy projects across key markets and technologies, with a global project portfolio capacity to date of over 51 gigawatts (GW).

Jointly owned by TAQA, ADNOC and Mubadala, Masdar is driving the scale-up of renewables worldwide, targeting a portfolio capacity of 100GW by 2030.

Job Description

As the Accountant, you will be executing all matters with regards to the bookkeeping, country applicable taxes, financial and accounting for the project, ensuring the integrity of internal controls and accounting information in compliance with IFRS maintaining the integrity of the General Ledger (GL) in order to ensure accurate reporting of the financial results.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly trial balance and ensure the accuracy, quality and timely closing of Books.
• Perform the monthly accruals and provisions for accuracy and completeness.
• Record the business transactions related to the project in the accounting register (GL) in full compliance with reporting and accounting standards and Masdar financial policies and procedures.
• Prepare monthly aging reports for account receivable and payables in full compliance with IFRS and Masdar financial policies and procedures.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of bank account, customers/vender reconciliation and all balance sheet accounts in full compliance with IFRS and Masdar financial policies and procedures.
• Report on project costs – perform breakdown of capex and other significant balances in full compliance with IFRS and Masdar financial policies and procedures.
• Process accruals as per IFRS standards in order to ensure account accuracy at all times.
• Perform cash management and regular monitoring of cash flow and bank accounts balances to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare reports according to the project financial documentation to ensure accurate project finance.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant subject (accounting, taxation, business, finance, economics).
• Qualified accountant ACCA, CAP, CIPA, DipIFR or similar.

Preferred Experience

• At least 4-6 years of experience in bookkeeping, taxation, financial management, accounting in major infrastructure projects, construction companies.
• Enthusiastic to advance in IFRS and good corporate governance.

Job-Specific Skills

• Exceptional communication skills and able to work in a dynamic, fast paced, diverse environment.
• Deep understanding of the accounting regulations and statutory requirements.
• Knowledge of IFRS, Treasury, Managerial Accounting.
• Business logic and commercial acumen.
• Good knowledge of various accounting processes and an understanding of internal controls.
• Good knowledge of legal and company law requirements.
• Knowledge of financial systems and applications.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent English language.

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