Senior Accountant - Yas American Academy

Aldar Academies is currently seeking a Senior Accountant at Yas American Academy on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, starting immediately.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi's leading school group.

Yas American Academy opened in September 2016 providing high quality education to the Emirate. The children are taught the Massachusetts Common Core Curriculum - tailored to be meaningful to children attending the school, alongside the local curriculum of Arabic, Islamic Studies and Social Studies. Facilities at the school are excellent and include a large astro-turf field, two swimming pools, well stocked library, a large multi-purpose sports hall, an auditorium and outdoor play areas.

We provide a warm, friendly and supportive environment where students enjoy learning and achieving in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust.

The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting
• 8+ Years experience in the finance function or a Professional qualification with 5+ Years Experience in a similar role.

Job-Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Advanced Accounting Principles skills
• Advanced communication, presentation, and administration skills
• Accounting software knowledge
• To be able to deal professionally with a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
• To be able to prioritize workload and multitask.
• IT Literate and familiar with online technologies to aid in 21st-century teaching.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with parents in a diverse multi-cultural environment.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Prepare annual school budget in co-ordination with concerned departments.
• Accurate and timely payments to suppliers & ensure clean vendor accounts with proper reconciliation before payments.
• Ensure Accounts Receivable GL Accounts are accurate and collection within due date.
• Submit daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic reports to HQ finance accurately and timely manner and review monthly MIS with Principal.
• Ensure to achieve KPIs set to achieve finance excellence.

Functional Responsibilities

• Prepare school annual budget and periodic forecast and submit to HQ finance on timely manner.
• Ensure invoicing for all types of billing such as tuition fees, exam fees, trips, and other invoicing are completed accurately within the timeline. Call parents on daily basis to follow up for payment collection.
• Issue receipts on daily basis to ensure bank reconciliation accurate. Provide bank statements with receipt numbers to HQ finance to perform cash clearing.
• Handling supplier payments accurately and timely manner with proper vendor reconciliation
• Manage petty cash and ensure all petty cash payments are made as per company policies and DOA.
• Ensure revenue recognition and Accounts Receivable GL Accounts are accurate before closing the month. Co-ordinate with IT to resolve the interface transaction errors.
• Support HQ finance staff for monthly closing activities accurately and timely manner
• Ensure to meet the timeline for daily, weekly, monthly reporting requirements and adhoc reports.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure school team is adhere with the policies and procedures and support them wherever required.
• Support school Principal wherever possible to ensure smooth financial operation.
• Supervise and monitor the performance of Junior Accountant for the assigned tasks (If applicable)

Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.