Senior Accounts Payable | Turner and Townsend
A well-known and well-reputed Company “Turner and Townsend” based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is looking for an experienced, skilled, competent, mature, qualified, creative, and intelligent candidate with significant knowledge and relevant working experience for the position of “Senior Accounts Payable”.
| Company Name |
Turner and Townsend |
| Qualification | Bachelors Degree | Masters Degree |
| Experience | 5 – 6 years of Relevant Experience Required |
| Monthly Salary | 10,500 AED – 12,500 AED |
| Employment Type | Full Time | Permanent |
| Company Size | 50 – 100 Employees |
| Benefits | Medical Insurance |
| Location | Dubai |
Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 112 offices in 45 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
Job Purpose
Senior Accounts Payable reporting to the ME Finance Controller
We require a technically strong accountant with at least 5 years’ experience working within a Shared Service function and 3 years of managing teams.
This person will be a strong team player with experience working in an environment with conflicting pressures and heavy workloads and they will be required to work on their own initiative when needing to manage unusual and ad-hoc requirements.
The successful candidate will be a key Business Partner to our Suppliers, whilst ensuring minimum financial governance standards are met. A minimum of 5 years Middle East based MNC industry experience is essential.
Key Selected Accountabilities
Team Management
- Management of the UAE shared service team ensuring resources are managed and objectives are met.
Accounts Payable & Business Expense claims
- Liaison with the business to ensure Purchase Orders are managed to optimise system capability and costs being charged correctly first time. This is a key improvement area of the business following the implantation of a new Microsoft ERP system.
- Management of Country supplier payment process
- Ensuring supplier invoices are compliant with local VAT standards for the appropriate Country and accurate application and accounting of applicable WHT.
- Accounts Payable cost accruals in accordance of the monthly timetable.
- Trade Payables balance sheet reconciliation in accordance with the monthly timetable.
- Responding to accounts payable queries as and when required.
Accounts receivable
- Timely allocation of cash receipt, ensuring cash flow forecasts are maintained.
- Generation of payroll journals and relevant payroll recons.
Bank interface and payroll payment process
- Ensuring the timely process of external bank uploads and subsequent payment of monthly Payroll
Qualifications
Core Behavioural Skills:
The Successful Candidates Will Possess The Following Characteristics
- A challenging mind-set, analytical, methodical with the ability to investigate and interrogate data
- Confident accounting skills, good interpersonal skills to manage business partnering relationships and the ability to manage conflicting requirements
- Must be comfortable with working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
- Team player. The team support each and work together where requirements can be simultaneous and conflicting. The ability to work with the team, agree the priorities and manage time pressures are paramount.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.