Accountant - O2C Job in Dubai

Job Title: Accountant - O2C (Order to Cash)

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Provide daily support to business operations by assisting in O2C activities within the Finance Shared Service Center (FSSC).
- Manage Post Dated Cheques (PDC) processes, including collection, warehousing, banking, maturing, and hold/postponement activities.
- Identify, escalate, and resolve exceptions and interface fallouts related to O2C accounts and reports.
- Communicate receivables and overdue positions to the business for follow-up and collection activities.
- Ensure adequate provision is created for doubtful debts in accordance with policy.
- Monitor collection control accounts daily, highlight risks and exceptions, and ensure timely resolution within SLAs.
- Maintain various master records for O2C activities and perform assigned month-end book closing tasks.
- Monitor ongoing automated activities and ensure continuity of daily tasks.
- Support resolution of audit requests within submission timelines.
- Identify and support standardization and improvement initiatives within the O2C function.
- Execute customer account reconciliations, balance confirmations, statements of account (SOA), dunning, etc.

What you will do:

- Provide timely O2C partnering support to business operations.
- Manage PDC processes including collection, warehousing, banking, and more.
- Monitor collection control accounts and manage exceptions daily.
- Perform monthly/periodic reconciliations of O2C accounts and highlight exceptions and risks.
- Prepare and distribute periodic O2C exception reports and dashboards to stakeholders.
- Perform assigned month-end book closing tasks within O2C.
- Compute provisions for doubtful debts in accordance with policy.
- Identify and support process standardization and improvement initiatives.
- Handle any other assigned O2C activities as required.

Required skills to be successful:

- Strong accounting knowledge, with familiarity in IFRS preferred.
- Analytical and process-oriented mindset.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Prior working knowledge in ERP systems, such as SAP.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office tools.
- Detail-oriented and organized approach to work.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Finance graduate or semi-qualified professional, or equivalent qualifications.
- 1-3 years of similar experience, with a good knowledge of ERP systems.

Employment Type: Full Time