Financial Assistant

VHR Global Technical Recruitment; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technical recruitment company in Abu Dhabi seeks an Accounts Payable Specialist. This full-time role involves managing invoices, payroll, and reconciliation tasks. Candidates must have a valid UAE driving license and at least two years of relevant experience. The position offers excellent training and career prospects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Must already be based in UAE.
• Must have a valid driving license and vehicle.
• At least 2 years of experience in Accounts Payable department.

Responsibilities

• Posting purchase invoices to the Company’s accounting applications.
• Raising sales invoices on the Company’s accounting applications.
• Payroll processing via the UAE WPS Wages Protection System.
• Monthly reconciliation of company and petty cash.

Skills

Strong Maths skills

Strong attention to detail

Good customer service experience

Self-motivated

Highly organised

Fluency in English

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Sage Intacct

Job description

VHR is a multi-award winning technical recruitment company, headquartered in London, supplying contract and permanent technical and professional staff to our clients within the Aerospace & Aviation, F1 & Automotive, Civils & Infrastructure, and Marine sectors.

VHR currently employs 70 members of staff across its 10 offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Bologna, Prague, Leipzig and Nicosia and generates a turnover of over $50M annually.

The Company’s medium-term aims are to grow to 100+ staff and $100M annual turnover.

The Role:

This full time role, based in VHR’s Abu Dhabi office, will present an individual with the opportunity to commence a fast paced and exciting career. This comes with excellent prospects and financial reward.

Utilising our accounting applications and middleware technologies, your tasks will support many aspects of purchase and sales ledger, bank and account reconciliation including:

• Posting purchase invoices to the Company’s accounting applications
• Raising sales invoices on the Company’s accounting applications
• Submission of sales invoices to customers
• Payroll processing via the UAE WPS Wages Protection System
• Management of Petty Cash
• Company Credit Card and Petty Cash Reconciliation
• Posting supplier payments to our online banking system
• Registering and updating customer and supplier information on the Company’s systems
• Support Bank and Account Reconciliation
• Support Credit Control function where required
• Processing internal staff and contractors’ expenses
• Developing a relationship with Abu Dhabi Exchange
• Occasional driver duties: hand delivery of invoices to clients, collect and bank cheques where required
• Note and report discrepancies found in records
• Answering and dealing with all queries from contractors, suppliers and clients at UAE time – face to face meetings with Relationship Managers
• Filing and administration

You will benefit from training and mentoring in a team focused environment with a long‑term approach to ensure that you fulfil your potential.

Base Location:

Addax Tower, Al Reem, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Candidate Requirements:

• MUST ALREADY BE BASED IN UAE
• MUST HAVE A VALID DRIVING LICENSE AND VEHICLE
• Must have at least 2 years of experience working in Accounts payable department
• The right candidate must be professional, well-spoken and presentable
• Strong Maths skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Be able to work to deadlines
• Self-motivated, highly organised and attentiveGood customer service experience
• Show willingness to assist with general business administration duties
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is imperative
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Sage Intacct is desirable although not essential