Accounts Assistant - Dubai Campus
at Heriot Watt University
UAE, , United Arab Emirates -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 12 Aug, 2024 | Not Specified | 13 May, 2024 | 2 year(s) or above | Microsoft Excel,Data Analysis,Financial Modeling,Interpersonal Skills,Regulations,Financial Systems,Financial Analysis,Budgeting,Finance,Part Qualified | No | No |
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Description:
LOCATION: DUBAI CAMPUS
We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Management Accounts Assistant to join our finance team. In this role, you will report and assist Senior Finance Business Partner to provide comprehensive financial support, analysis, and insights to drive informed business decisions.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor
- ‘s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or ACCA Part Qualified.
- 2+ years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, or related roles.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, data analysis, and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams.
- Knowledge of financial reporting standards and regulations.
Experience with financial systems (e.g., ERP oracle fusion) is a plus.Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY VALUES
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and professionally relevant, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry.
We are a vibrant, forward-looking university, well known for the quality of our degrees with employers actively seeking out our graduates. Heriot-Watt is also Scotland’s international university with an unsurpassed international in-country presence. We deliver degree programmes to circa 30,000 students in 143 countries around the world, have a further overseas campus in Dubai and boast the largest international student cohort in Scotland.
At Heriot-Watt we’ve created an environment that nurtures innovation and leadership - where our researchers, staff and students can realise their potential and develop their ambitions.
We are proud of our collegiate atmosphere and integrated teaching and research approach which has helped to build a community of committed academics and highly motivated students. Our focus on careers delivers results and we’ve an excellent reputation for graduate employability.
In addition to the Edinburgh campus, we currently have campuses in the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia. For all of our campuses we aim to provide stimulating, supportive environments conducive to effective learning and research, where staff and students can excel. At Heriot-Watt, we have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.
Our values describe our deeply held beliefs and our community spirit. They characterise not only how we are as a higher education institution but also frame how we want to be.
Our values are:
- Belong
- Collaborate
- Inspire
- Celebrate
As learning, living and working institution, we use our values as the building blocks of how we go about doing our work and how we each conduct ourselves as members of Heriot-Watt University. They represent what binds us together as a University community and help us to become the best at what we do.
For full details on our University, please view our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/about.htm
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of Monthly management reports, forecasts, and budgets to provide insights into the organization’s financial performance.
- Assist in the annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Prepare monthly expense reports for detailed analysis of actual expenses for budget holders.
- Assist in validating prepayments and accruals to ensure accuracy and proper allocation of expenses.
- Preparation of month-end balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data. Maintain proper documentation and support for reconciliations, in alignment with internal controls and audit requirements.
- Preparation of intercompany journal templates and reconcile intercompany accounts, ensuring accurate recording and elimination of intercompany transactions.
- Conduct ad hoc financial analyses to support business decisions, investment opportunities, and strategic initiatives.Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, enhance data accuracy, and improve overall efficiency within the finance function.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:2.0Max:7.0 year(s)
Financial Services
Accounts / Finance / Tax / CS / Audit
Accounts Management
Graduate
's degree in finance accounting business administration or acca part qualified.
Proficient
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UAE, United Arab Emirates