Accountant – Emirates Airlines – Dubai – UAE - Icon of Jobs

Emirates Airlines invites applications for Accountant in Dubai, UAE

Job Title:

Accountant

Job Purpose:

Ensure timely processing, accounting and payments of supplier invoices, incentive and refunds. Carry out processing and reconciliation of Sales/Revenue Recognition/Interline transactions and non-airline partner billings by providing assurance on completeness and accuracy through internal control and review. Identify discrepancies through audit, raise under collections, investigate movements in balances and ensure accurate reconciliations with minimal exceptions and adjustment needs. Analyze and report flight revenue yields, ensure all functional units are aligned with the Quality Management System, update system related masters accurately and on timely basis. Compile, monitor and follow up on the accounting and control reports from the outstations and validate contents through appropriate analysis.

Job Outline:

Generic

– Review processes, analyse high risk areas, handle quality checks, and ensure adequate maintenance of prevention and detection controls to ensure completeness, timelines of processing, accounting, billing and accuracy of computation and settlement.
– Resolve disputes, queries, discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders.
– Identify areas and ensure active involvement in projects, system enhancements testing and process changes and thereby acquire in depth knowledge and enhance business processes.
– Check the integrity of interfaces and completeness of data generated by the system. Provide support on key processes and deliverables in the absence of Finance Officer and assist the Finance Officer/Controller in month closing reviews by investigating movements in balances to ensure quality/accuracy of reporting and to ensure that month/year end adjustments are kept to the minimum.
– Provide data analytical support for Management Information Systems (MIS), KPI and Revenue Assurance.

Specific to GFR, Assurance & Taxation

Revenue MIS (Management Information System) & Integrity
– To periodically analyse and assess reasonableness of revenue/ yields projected in POWER and ensure data integrity of actual revenue reported.
– To conduct monthly reconciliations of revenue reported from Revenue Accounting system versus other MIS systems, assist in Financial / Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) audits, support Corporate Tax requirements and present Senior Management with periodic MIS reports.

Reconciliation and Review
– To reconcile Sales and Revenue related control and clearing nominals, highlight discrepancies, investigate movements in balances and ensure accurate reconciliations with minimal month/year end adjustments.
– To check the integrity of interfaces and completeness of data generated by the system.
– Assist Finance Officer in month closing reviews by investigating movements in balances to ensure quality/accuracy of reporting and to ensure that month/year end adjustments are kept to the minimum.

Qualifications & Experience

Finance & Insurance Accounts :

12 Years schooling or equivalent :

Additional Finance related qualification preferable 4+ years relevant experience *Consideration will be given to 10 yrs schooling and 6+ years relevant experience Knowledge/skills: – Accounting knowledge preferably from an airline background. – High level of computer literacy and good knowledge of office automation software like Word, Excel, MS Access and PowerPoint – Good analytical and investigative skills – Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with various stakeholders across the business. – Ability to function independently within an established framework. -Knowledge of fares, ticketing, proration and interline rules/ agreements (preferable with IATA qualification and/or cargo knowledge).

Salary & Benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world. You can find out more information about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website www.emirates.com/careers. Further information on what’s it like to live and work in our cosmopolitan home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle section.