We are hiring for our client :

Senior Accountant (Accounts Receivable & Revenues)

Department: Finance

Proposed reporting line: Accounting Manager / Finance Manager

Job Purpose

Manage COMPANY’s revenue accounting and receivables, ensuring accurate billing, timely reconciliations, effective collection monitoring and reliable reporting. Support in-house finance capabilities and effective ERP use, applying COMPANY’s policies, applicable IFRS requirements and internal controls.

Revenue Accounting and Billing

• Account for rental income, utilities, service charges and other tenant income; validate billing against approved lease terms, renewals, concessions and terminations.

• Process accurate invoices and approved credit notes on time, resolving billing errors and validating recoverable charges with Leasing and operational teams.

• Prepare revenue accruals, deferred income and lease incentive adjustments, ensuring correct period-end cut-off.

Accounts Receivable and Tenant Balances

• Maintain tenant accounts by property, unit and contract; allocate receipts and resolve unidentified payments, unapplied cash and balance discrepancies.

• Reconcile tenant ledgers, revenue and receivables to the general ledger, including tenant advances and security deposits held separately from revenue.

• Issue statements and obtain balance confirmations as required; prepare tenant settlements and refund calculations for approval.

Collections and Post-Dated Cheques

• Review ageing and collection risks; coordinate assigned follow-up with Leasing and maintain payment commitments, action records and escalations.

• Maintain post-dated cheque records and coordinate presentation, clearance, replacement and returned cheques with Treasury or the designated custodian.

• Provide reconciled balances and supporting documents to Legal for formal recovery and update receivables records for case developments.

ERP and Data Integrity

• Act as Finance’s operational focal point for revenue and receivables in the ERP, investigating missing transactions and errors between leasing, billing, receipts and accounting.

• Validate opening balances and historical transactions against approved records; support testing of billing, renewals, receipts, credit notes and reports before system changes.

Financial Close, Impairment and Audit

• Complete assigned monthly, quarterly and annual closing activities; prepare supporting schedules and disclosure inputs for the financial statements.

• Prepare expected credit loss assessments using ageing, collection history, tenant risks and forward-looking information; submit provisions, write-offs and adjustments for approval.

• Support internal and external audits, respond to queries and resolve revenue and receivables findings.

Management Reporting and Planning

• Prepare monthly revenue analysis by property, tenant category and income stream, explaining budget and prior-period variances with Leasing and FP&A.

• Produce reports on collections, arrears, returned cheques, advances, deposits and impairment, ensuring agreement with accounting records and distinguishing revenue, billing and cash receipts.

• Provide collection forecasts for cash flow planning and explain the revenue impact of occupancy, renewals, concessions and lease expiries.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; preferably five to seven years of relevant experience in revenue and receivables accounting, closing, reporting and audit support.

• Experience in real estate, property management or recurring contractual billing is strongly preferred, as is hands-on Odoo experience.

• ACCA, CPA, CMA or equivalent qualification, or progress towards one, is preferred.

Key Capabilities

• Advanced Excel, reconciliation, data analysis and reporting skills.

• Professional Arabic and English communication, tenant follow-up and cross-department coordination.

• Attention to detail, accountability for deadlines, confidentiality and sound accounting judgment.