Finance Accountant

Asteco; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Asteco is seeking an experienced finance professional to manage end-to-end finance activities for an Outsourcing Services project in Abu Dhabi. You will oversee manpower billing, client invoicing, collections, reconciliations, month-end close, and audit support while ensuring IFRS compliance and alignment with company policies.

The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and cross-team coordination across Operations, HR, Payroll, Procurement, and Commercial functions.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts receivable, client billing, collections, and dispute resolution.
• Experience in manpower outsourcing, recruitment services, or high-volume billing environments is preferred.
• Strong customer, vendor, GL, and balance sheet reconciliation experience.
• Experience supporting month-end close, audits, revenue accruals, and balance sheet reviews.
• Advanced Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, reconciliations, large data analysis).
• Strong attention to detail, ownership, stakeholder management, and ability to meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and validate monthly manpower billing and recharge schedules.
• Issue accurate client invoices with correct rates, employee details, VAT treatment, and billing periods.
• Maintain billing trackers covering billed, unbilled, accrued, and disputed amounts.
• Reconcile billing schedules with SAP and the General Ledger.
• Review revenue recognition, accrued income, and unbilled revenue in accordance with IFRS.
• Follow up with clients for payments and overdue invoices.
• Prepare customer statements and ageing reports.
• Investigate and resolve invoice disputes, short payments, and rejected invoices.
• Coordinate with Operations, HR, Payroll, Procurement, and Commercial teams to resolve billing issues.
• Support expected credit loss assessments and receivable provisions.
• Perform customer, vendor, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Reconcile payroll and manpower costs with billing and accounting records.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, reversals, and reclassifications.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and clean-up activities.
• Support month-end and year-end close, reporting, and variance analysis.
• Maintain complete supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, VAT regulations, internal controls, and company policies.
• Identify process improvements and opportunities for automation and standardization.

Job description

Manage end-to-end finance activities for the Outsourcing Services Project, with primary responsibility for:

• Manpower billing
• Customer collections
• Reconciliations
• Month-end reporting
• Audit support

while ensuring compliance with IFRS and company policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and validate monthly manpower billing and recharge schedules.
• Issue accurate client invoices with correct rates, employee details, VAT treatment, and billing periods.
• Maintain billing trackers covering billed, unbilled, accrued, and disputed amounts.
• Reconcile billing schedules with SAP and the General Ledger.
• Review revenue recognition, accrued income, and unbilled revenue in accordance with IFRS.

2. Collections & Client Account Management

• Follow up with clients for payments and overdue invoices.
• Prepare customer statements and ageing reports.
• Investigate and resolve invoice disputes, short payments, and rejected invoices.
• Coordinate with Operations, HR, Payroll, Procurement, and Commercial teams to resolve billing issues.
• Support expected credit loss assessments and receivable provisions.

3. Reconciliations & Month-End Close

• Perform customer, vendor, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Reconcile payroll and manpower costs with billing and accounting records.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, reversals, and reclassifications.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and clean-up activities.
• Support month-end and year-end close, reporting, and variance analysis.

4. Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Maintain complete supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, VAT regulations, internal controls, and company policies.
• Identify process improvements and opportunities for automation and standardization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• ACCA, ACA, CPA, CMA, CA (completed or partially completed) preferred.
• Good working knowledge of IFRS.

Required Experience & Skills

• Experience in accounts receivable, client billing, collections, and dispute resolution.
• Experience in manpower outsourcing, recruitment services, or high-volume billing environments is preferred.
• Strong customer, vendor, GL, and balance sheet reconciliation experience.
• Experience supporting month-end close, audits, revenue accruals, and balance sheet reviews.
• Advanced Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, reconciliations, large data analysis).
• Strong attention to detail, ownership, stakeholder management, and ability to meet tight deadlines.