Accountant

Emirates; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates is seeking a skilled Accountant to support financial strategy within a global aviation business. This role focuses on ensuring accuracy in financial transactions, managing revenue recognition, and supporting operational processes in a vibrant multicultural environment. Join Emirates to make a meaningful impact in the aviation sector and grow your career among global leaders.

Qualifications

• Strong background in accounting principles and practices.
• Experience with revenue recognition and financial reconciliation.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data for decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for processing and reconciling supplier invoices and revenue transactions.
• Analyze flight revenue yields and ensure timely accounting processes.
• Support financial operations and assist in month-end reviews.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Revenue Recognition

Problem Solving

Audit and Reconciliation

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

Job Purpose

At Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always Fly Better. As one of the most recognised and admired brands globally, we are driven by innovation and excellence. Join us as an Accountant and play a key role in driving financial strategy and decision-making for a global business. Experience a fast-paced, multicultural environment where your financial expertise will be central to shaping the future of aviation while making a meaningful impact on a global stage.

As an Accountant, you will ensure the timely processing, accounting, and payments of supplier invoices, incentives, and refunds. You will carry out processing and reconciliation of Sales/Revenue Recognition/Interline transactions and non-airline partner billings, providing assurance on completeness and accuracy through internal control and review. You will identify discrepancies through audits, raise under collections, investigate movements in balances, and ensure accurate reconciliations with minimal exceptions and adjustments.

You will analyze and report flight revenue yields, ensure all functional units are aligned with the Quality Management System, update system-related masters accurately and promptly, and compile, monitor, and follow up on the accounting and control reports from outstations, validating their contents through appropriate analysis.

In This Role You Will

• Review processes, analyze high-risk areas, handle quality checks, and ensure adequate maintenance of prevention and detection controls to ensure completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of processing, accounting, billing, and settlement.
• Resolve disputes, queries, and discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify areas for improvement and participate in projects, system testing, and process changes to enhance business processes.
• Check the integrity of system interfaces and data completeness. Support key processes and deliverables in the absence of the Finance Officer and assist in month-end reviews by investigating balance movements to ensure reporting quality and minimize adjustments.
• Provide data analytical support for Management Information Systems (MIS), KPIs, and Revenue Assurance.

Specific to EK Revenue Services

Interline & Revenue Recognition

• Ensure revenue processing and accounting are completed timely for reporting and revenue recognition.
• Manually prorate complex coupons rejected by the Revenue Accounting system to ensure accurate processing and clear prorate exceptions.
• Process interline invoices, sales, commissions, discounts, and related accounts to maintain justifiable outstanding balances.
• Process interline Prime invoices and recharges according to Prorate Manual and agreements, handling overbilled or billed values as per norms and resolving disputes with other airlines.
• Analyze passenger special prorate agreements, taxes, and fare circulars for clarity, ensuring correct application and recovering under-billings due to discrepancies.