Senior Accountant

TMF Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of administrative services is seeking an experienced Accounting and Tax Senior to join their team in the UAE. You will collaborate with a team of accountants, ensure compliance with relevant regulations, and support business growth by onboarding new clients efficiently. The ideal candidate possesses an accountancy degree, has at least 4 years of relevant experience, and is proficient in accounting software. A supportive environment and career development opportunities await.

Benefits

Career development pathways

Continuous development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Relevant experience from a sizable CPA firm or multinational company.
• Self-motivated and organized with a positive attitude.
• Good command of written and spoken English, Arabic is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality work for Tier 1-2 Clients.
• Provide training and guidance to team members.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Coordinate onboarding of new clients.

Skills

Accounting expertise

Tax knowledge

Leadership

Client relationship management

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Attention to detail

Education

Accountancy degree

Tools

QuickBooks

SAP

Focus

Zoho

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

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

2. Leadership and People Management

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

3. Operations

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

4. Client service

• 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
• Ensure the delivery of services in accordance with each client engagement letter
• Attend client meetings, as required
• Share relevant information and updates to clients
• Oversee completion of know your client procedures for all assigned clients

5. Team-based responsibilities

• Coordinate with the onboarding of new clients
• Processing of accounting and tax associated work for Tier 2 Clients
• Review, test and reconcile the work and data received from accountants for Tier 1 Clients
• Assist with the coordination and preparation of monthly and annual trackers
• Perform any other reasonable assignment requested by management
• 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!

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