Finance Assistant - UAE National
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About the Role
Turner & Townsend is looking for a UAE National Finance Assistant to join the Accounts Payable team. The role involves invoice processing, expense claims, supplier reconciliation, and supporting audits, with training provided for candidates with an accounting background.
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Responsibilities
- Confirm purchase orders have been goods receipted
- Match invoices and purchase orders
- Record all invoices received on the invoice register and save digital copies on the server
- Follow up with Purchase Order creators and resolve workflow issues
- Process employee expense claims bi weekly
- Assist employees in resolving expense claim related issues
- Perform supplier reconciliation, payments and allocation
- Upload bank payments and obtain necessary approvals
- Post and reconcile petty cash
- Support internal and external audits by providing required AP documentation
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or commerce
- 0 1 years of experience in accounts payable
- Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Must be a UAE national
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team player
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Job Description
- The role will be working within the Shared Service function, supporting the Accounts Payable team. The successful candidate should have an accounting background and a desire to pursue a career in Finance & Accounting.
Key Responsibilities
- Confirm purchase orders have been goods receipted
- Matching invoices and purchase orders
- Ensuring all invoices received are recorded on the invoice register and digital copies are saved on the server for record keeping purposes.
- Follow up with Purchase Order creators and resolution of workflow issues.
- Ad Hoc tasks related to the efficient processing of supplier invoices
- Bi weekly processing of employee expense claims.
- Assisting employees in the resolution of any expense claim related issues.
- Supplier reconciliation, payments and allocation
- Upload bank payments and obtain necessary approvals
- Petty cash posting and reconciliation
- Other ad hoc tasks as required
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or commerce.
- 0 1 years of experience in accounts payable
- Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Must be a UAE national.
Core Behavioral Skills
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills with the ability to investigate and interrogate data
- Shows initiative and can work independently on assigned tasks
- Be a team player
- Good interpersonal skills with ability to communicate well with all levels within the organization
- Must be comfortable with working in a fast moving, dynamic environment
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