Accounting Engineer

Recruiter4you; Remote; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech accountancy firm based in the UAE seeks an accounting engineer for a fully remote role. The candidate will act as the accounting authority within their product, define accounting concepts, and translate tax legislation into system logic. Experience in accounting practice and VAT compliance is essential, as well as exposure to accounting software like Xero and SAP. This role provides an opportunity to impact the accounting industry significantly and offers competitive salary, equity, and bonus.

Benefits

Fully remote position

Equity and Bonus

Competitive salary

Opportunity to be a game changer in accounting

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in accounting practice.
• Hands-on VAT compliance experience is essential.
• Exposure to accounting software configurations is a must.

Responsibilities

• Act as the accounting authority inside the product.
• Define accounting concepts, review AI outputs, and handle automation.
• Design approval workflows for accounting firms.
• Translate tax legislation into system logic and manage tax compliance.
• Work closely with the Tech team and understand technical systems.
• Review pull requests for accounting correctness.

Skills

Accounting practice experience

VAT compliance experience

Accounting software configuration

TypeScript and SQL proficiency

Technology comfort

Education

Professional accounting qualification or progress

Tools

Xero

Sage

QuickBooks

SAP

Job description

Overview

We act as a true HR Business Partner - providing tailored HR advisory while connecting the right talent with the right opportunities. Our focus is on delivering exceptional service and building long-term success for both businesses and candidates. Recruiter4You is a brand operated by Consultant4You LTD, a company based in Gibraltar. Our client, an innovative tech accountancy firm, is seeking an accounting engineer to join their rapidly growing team.

Responsibilities

• Act as the accounting authority inside the product.
• Define how accounting concepts should be modeled in our system, review AI extraction outputs and decide where automation is safe versus where human oversight is required.
• Design approval workflows that match how accounting firms really operate, and identify edge cases before they become real client problems.
• Translate tax and VAT legislation into deterministic system logic, build classification systems for expense categories, deductibility and tax box mapping, handle industry-specific exceptions, and ensure system outputs match what actually goes onto a VAT return.
• Work hands-on with the Tech team.
• Understand technical systems and communicate with the Technical team.
• Comfortable reading and modifying TypeScript and SQL with the help of AI tools.
• Review pull requests for accounting correctness, help shape spreadsheet-style interfaces accountants understand, and work closely with engineers on system design.
• Communicate with accounting firms, understand their pain points, prioritize features based on real workflow impact, and push back when solutions do not fit how accounting actually works.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have some years of experience in accounting practice, a professional qualification or progress toward one, hands-on VAT compliance experience, exposure to accounting software configuration such as Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, SAP and strong comfort with technology and AI tools.

Benefits

• Fully remote position
• An opportunity to be the game changer in the accounting world
• Equity and Bonus
• Competitive salary