Specialist Accounting UAE

adidas; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global sports brand is seeking a Specialist Accounting professional in Dubai. This role involves managing financial data, handling expense bookings, and supporting audits. The ideal candidate will have a university degree in finance and 3-5 years of relevant accounting experience. Candidates must demonstrate strong skills in Excel and proficiency in English.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of accounting experience with proven performance.
• Qualified accounting/audit background required.
• Experience in retail accounting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Booking trade and non-trade related expenses.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support annual external audits.
• Handle petty cash and retail store reconciliations.

Skills

Data Accuracy

Policy Enforcement

Time management

Stakeholder management

Excel

English (written and verbal)

Education

University degree in finance

ACCA or CA

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Overview

SPECIALIST ACCOUNTING - UAE

Area: Emerging Markets- GCC

Department: Finance

Direct Reporting Line: Senior Specialist Accounting - UAE

Subsidiary/country: Dubai, UAE

Location: Dubai, UAE

GSMS Grade: P2

Number of Personnel Managed: N/A

Purpose

To ensure financial data is kept up to date by booking, reconciling accounts and preparing the necessary reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Booking of trade and non-trade related expenses.
• Fixed Assets: creation, booking, disposal, depreciation and tagging
• Perform Fixed asset yearly physical count and FA reconciliations
• Capex tracking for all retail stores and tracking capex POs
• Capex Request (CAR) handling and submission
• Perform IFRS 16 valuations and reconciliation for leases and post prepayments & provisions
• Create store lease commitment tracker
• Create SPOMA cost tracker for booking committed liabilities
• Approving and checking T&E expenses submitted through Concur
• Business Amex administrator for any amendments or setup requirements
• Enforcing the T&E policy and ensure company compliance
• Employee Vendor account reconciliations and clearing
• Providing detailed review of Travel allowances per department on monthly basis
• Support in annual external audit
• Payroll accounting and reconciliations
• Retail store tender reconciliations for 60+ stores, managing tender, sale reconciliations
• Petty cash handling and booking for (Finance, HR and facilities) and cash counts
• Monthly Balance sheet reconciliations for GCC companies per month
• Reconciliation of intercompany accounts and run payments for related parties
• Handle inventory and GIT ageing and reconciliations
• Prepare reconciliation of cost of sales per month
• Issue OOH reports for GCC per function for month end review
• Ensure accuracy of all retail store & overheads on P&L
• Support with month end activities (SAP / CFIN)
• Ad-hoc requests for general accounting

Controlling

• Measure progress on own KPIs.
• Monitor all allocated reports.
• Ensures adherence to group accounting policies and procedures.

KPIs

• Data Accuracy
• Policy Enforcement
• Time management
• Stakeholder management

Key Relationships

• All local departments
• Retail Stores
• FP&A Team
• Other adidas group finance teams

IT Skills

• Outlook: intermediate
• Word: intermediate
• Excel: advanced
• PowerPoint: basic
• SAP: basic/intermediate experience is preferred

Language Skills

English (written and verbal)

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in finance, ACCA or CA
• Qualified accounting/audit background with accounting experience
• 3-5 years of accounting experience with good record in result driven performance

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.