Senior Accountant

TMF Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 220,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading administrative services provider in Dubai is seeking an Accounting and Tax Senior. The ideal candidate will have an accountancy degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, preferably in a sizable CPA firm. Responsibilities include onboarding new clients, ensuring quality output, and managing client relationships. You'll work with various accounting tools and have the opportunity for career development within the company. A supportive environment and continuous learning are key benefits.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Global learning opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in a sizable CPA firm or multinational company.
• Self-motivated and well-organized with a strong sense of responsibility.
• Sound knowledge of international accounting practices (IFRS) and updates.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in business growth by onboarding new clients with quality output.
• Deliver services in accordance with client engagement letters.
• Coordinate with the onboarding of new clients.

Skills

Accountancy degree

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Client relationship building

Education

Accountancy degree

Tools

Focus

QuickBooks

Zoho

SAP

Job description

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. Our 11 000+ experts and 125+ offices in 87 jurisdictions worldwide serve corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private clients and family offices, providing the combination of accounting, tax, payroll, fund administration, compliance and entity management services essential to global business success.

Discover the Role

The Accounting and Tax Senior collaborates a team of Accountants in the UAE and Mauritius offices while aligning with organizational objectives.

Responsibilities include being the Onboarding Specialist providing support in business growth by incorporating new Clients with least Turnaround time as possible while assuring quality of output.

The SA may still provide bookkeeping for Tier 2 Clients while at the same time provide quality assurance to the output financial reports and tax returns for Tier 1-2 Clients prepared by accountants. The reports are expected to be reliable, has complied with relevant IFRS and tax regulations and submitted timely whether monthly, quarterly or annually.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Strategy

  • 1.1. Understand the importance of revenue, productivity, chargeability and the client relationship and effectively apply this understanding to daily tasks.

• 2. Leadership and People Management

  • 2.1. Be responsible for the delivery of work with the right level of quality and timeliness for Tier 1-2 Clients.
  • 2.2. Provide training and guidance to team members focusing on task performance.

• 3. Operations

  • 3.1. Be the Onboarding Specialist, obtaining information from other teams/ Client, if required.
  • 3.2. Ensure appropriate controls, policies and processes are adhered to.
  • 3.3. Identify areas for improvement in policies, processes, procedures and systems.
  • 3.4. Implement changes to procedures, guidelines, when applicable.
  • 3.5. Coordinate reviews, billing and other internal controls to ensure that they are conducted and observed.
  • 3.6. Collaborate and share knowledge/expertise across service lines and other TMF offices on specific deals.
  • 3.7. Support the implementation and updating of systems.
  • 3.8. Escalate technical issues and knowledge gaps, where required.

• 4. Client service

  • 4.1. Build, develop and maintain relationships with clients, auditors as appropriate as assigned within the portfolio, building a first-rate professional relationship with assigned clients acting as a secondary point of contact.
  • 4.2. Ensure the delivery of services in accordance with each client engagement letter.
  • 4.3. Attend client meetings, as required.
  • 4.4. Share relevant information and updates to clients.
  • 4.5. Oversee completion of know your client procedures for all assigned clients.

• 5. Team-based responsibilities

  • 5.1. Coordinate with the onboarding of new clients.
  • 5.2. Processing of accounting and tax associated work for Tier 2 Clients.
  • 5.3. Review, test and reconcile the work and data received from accountants for Tier 1 Clients.
  • 5.4. Assist with the coordination and preparation of monthly and annual trackers.
  • 5.5. Perform any other reasonable assignment requested by management.
  • 5.6. Personal utilization of 85% - whereby 85% of hours are aligned to client work and service delivery.

Key Requirements

• Has completed an Accountancy degree
• At least 4 years of relevant experience gained from a sizable CPA firm or multinational company
• Tax experience gained in major international professional firms is an advantage
• Sound knowledge of international accounting practices (IFRS) and key updates
• Self-motivated, well-organized and a strong sense of responsibility with a positive working attitude
• Excellent skills in use of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office
• Experience in Focus, QuickBooks, Zoho, SAP and other key accounting software is a differential
• Good command of written and spoken English, Arabic will be an advantage

What's in it for you?

Pathways for career development

• Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work;
• We provide internal career opportunities so you can take your career further within TMF;
• Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

Making an impact

• You'll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients;
• Through our corporate social responsibility programme, you'll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.

A supportive environment

• Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace;
• Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.

We're looking forward to getting to know you!