Company Accountant (Middle East)

Artis Recruitment; West of England; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is seeking an experienced accountant to support management accounting, month-end and statutory accounting tasks for a UK-based client. You will work with colleagues overseas, start at 7:45am, and operate on a remote basis within the UK.

The role requires a qualified accountant, strong Excel skills, and the ability to handle journal prep and balance sheet reconciliations, with VAT and audit prep experience. Long-term right to work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in management accounting and month-end close.
• Experience with balance sheet work, VAT and statutory accounts.
• Comfortable with journal preparation and reconciliations; audit prep.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with overseas colleagues.
• Intermediate Excel skills (PivotTables, Lookups, basic formulas).

Responsibilities

• Support management accounting and month-end processes.
• Handle balance sheet tasks and VAT and statutory accounts.
• Prepare journals, balance sheet reconciliations, and assist with audit prep.
• Collaborate with overseas team; maintain effective communication.

Skills

Management accounting

Month end

Balance sheet

VAT

Statutory accounts

Journal prep

Balance sheet reconciliations

Audit preparation

Excel

Pivot tables

Lookups

Communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CPA)

Tools

Excel

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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