Senior Accountant - Accounts Receivable

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.