Company Accountant (Middle East)

Artis Recruitment; Gloucester; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Artis Recruitment seeks an experienced accountant to join a client team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The candidate will support management accounting, month end, and statutory financial duties, including VAT and audit prep.

The role involves hands-on transactional tasks and balance sheet work, with team colleagues mostly overseas; remote work is possible, but UK-based presence is required and a 7.45am start is expected.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with SME experience preferred.
• Must be able to start 7.45am UK time.
• Strong Excel skills including pivots, lookups and formulas.

Responsibilities

• Support management accounting and month end processes.
• Handle balance sheet work, VAT and statutory accounts.
• Carry out journal prep and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with audit preparation and other transactional tasks.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Pivot tables

Lookups

Basic formulas

Communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Job description

Are you an accountant with experience of working with colleagues in the Middle East? Are you able to start a 12 month FTC in the next month? If the answer to these questions is yes then we'd be keen to hear from.

Our client requires someone with a broad accounting skillset to support with management accounting and month end, financial accounting such as balance sheet work, VAT and statutory accounts, and is hands on enough to be happy to carry out the more transactional accounting tasks such as journal prep, balance sheet recs and help with audit preparation. This role sits in a team where most colleagues are based overseas so this role is one that can be remote based however you must be able to start work at 7.45am and be based in the UK.

Ideally a qualified accountant with the right level of experience in terms of seniority, you will have a small to medium sized company background, be very approachable and have excellent communication skills both verbally and on email. You will have at least intermediate excel skills able to carry out tasks using pivot tables, lookups and basic formulas and be someone who sees every task irrelevant of complexity as one you will be happy to do to the best of your ability.

If this sounds like a role that would interest you then please get in touch via application only and shortlisted applicants will be contacted with further details. This organisation will not sponsor and requires applicants to have long term right to work in the UK as the position could become permanent.

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