Overview

About the job

The Accountant is accountable for monitoring the progress of projects, investigating variances, approving expenses, and ensuring the project billings are issued to customers and payments collected. The position also involves all day-to-day functions required in the business within the finance department.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Create project accounts in the accounting system.
  • Maintain project-related records, including drawdown schedule, variation orders, invoices, and statement of accounts.
  • Initiate the transfer of expenses into and out of project-related accounts.
  • Review and approve supplier invoices related to a project.
  • Review and approve overhead charges to be applied to a project.
  • Review account totals related to project assets and expenses.
  • Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management.
  • Follow up with customers regarding unpaid contract billings.
  • Report on project status to management as necessary.
  • Report to line manager on any opportunities for additional billings.
  • Report to line manager regarding the remaining amounts available for projects.
  • Create all project-related billings to customers.
  • Investigate and follow up on all project expenses not billed to customers.
  • Respond to requests for more detail from customers.
  • Identify and process write offs of any project-related billings that cannot be billed to or collected from customers.
  • Close out project accounts upon project completion.
  • Compile information for external auditors as required.
  • Maintenance of GL accounts, Debtor Accounts, Creditor Accounts and project files.
  • Any general day-to-day accounting functions as required. (e.g. Cashbooks, Asset Management, Petty Cash, etc.).

Minimum Qualification ad requirements:

  • Degree in Accounting
  • Minimum five years accounting experience in an Architectural Consultancy practice, based in the UAE
  • Proficient MS Office skills.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages and mark-ups and efficiently analyze large volumes of data.
  • Ability to maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping financial information confidential.
  • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills; ability to read and interpret complex contractual documents.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with customers, creditors and employees of the organization.

About DSA Architects International

DSA Architects International is a leading architectural practice with offices in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. We are a dynamic international design team, with extensive experience in regional and international projects. We have a passion for Architectural Design and the ability to deliver landmark signature projects from inception through construction and final handover to the end user. These include inter alia signature hotels and resorts, residential and commercial developments, both low and high-rise, as well as retail and industrial projects.