Hotels Accountant | Arabic Speaker | RAK

MUST-HAVE REQUIREMENTS (PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING)

• Must be an Arabic speaker
• Mandatory:
  Proven experience in Hospitality Accounting.
• Mandatory:
  Previous accounting experience in hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, holiday homes, luxury private villas, or hospitality management companies.
• Strong understanding of hotel/property revenue, expenses, daily transactions, and property-level profitability
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• Experience handling AP, AR, GL, bank reconciliations, payroll/WPS, VAT, cash flow, and monthly financial reporting
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• Experience preparing property-wise P&L, revenue reports, expense reports, and budget vs. actual analysis
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• Experience reconciling booking platforms, payment gateways, POS/card transactions, cash, and bank accounts
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• Ability to manage supplier, contractor, and service-provider accounts
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• Ability to work independently and take full ownership of accounting operations.
• Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and accounting practices
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• Strong Excel and accounting/ERP system skills.
• 5+ years of accounting experience preferred
  , with substantial hospitality accounting experience.
• Good English communication skills.
• UAE experience is preferred.

Location: UAE

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Finance & Accounting

Reports To: Management / Finance Manager

We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented General Accountant to join our hospitality group, which operates and manages hotels, luxury private villas, and high-end hospitality properties in the UAE.

The ideal candidate should have strong hospitality accounting experience
, preferably from hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, luxury villas, holiday homes, or hospitality management companies.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the company's day-to-day accounting operations
, ensuring accurate financial records, proper control of revenues and expenses, timely reporting, supplier and customer accounts, payroll, VAT, cash flow, and property-level financial performance.

General Accounting

• Manage the complete accounting cycle, including journal entries, AP, AR, GL, accruals, prepayments, and month-end closing.
• Maintain accurate financial records and supporting documentation.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
• Reconcile bank accounts, supplier accounts, customer accounts, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Monitor expenses and ensure proper accounting and documentation.

Hospitality / Hotel Accounting

• Manage accounting activities related to hotels, villas, and hospitality properties.
• Record and reconcile room/property revenues, bookings, guest payments, refunds, deposits, and other income streams
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• Monitor daily revenue and expenses by property.
• Reconcile revenue between booking systems, payment gateways, POS systems, bank accounts, and accounting records.
• Track property operating costs including housekeeping, maintenance, utilities, supplies, F&B, transportation, and other operational expenses.
• Prepare property-wise P&L and profitability reports
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• Monitor actual performance against budgets and identify unusual expenses or variances.
• Coordinate with Operations and Property Management teams to ensure accurate financial information.

Revenue & Receivables

• Monitor daily collections and outstanding receivables.
• Reconcile online booking platforms, payment gateways, bank transfers, cash, and card transactions.
• Follow up on outstanding customer/company accounts.
• Ensure accurate recording of deposits, advances, cancellations, refunds, and other guest-related transactions.
• Prepare revenue and collection reports for management.

Suppliers & Payables

• Manage supplier invoices and payment schedules.
• Verify invoices against purchase orders, delivery notes, contracts, and approved expenses.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies.
• Manage payments to hotel/villa suppliers, maintenance companies, contractors, service providers, and other vendors.
• Maintain proper records of outstanding payables.

Payroll & Employee Accounts

• Prepare and process monthly payroll/WPS.
• Maintain salary records, advances, deductions, leave settlements, and employee reimbursements.
• Coordinate with HR and management regarding payroll-related matters.

VAT & Compliance

• Maintain accurate VAT records and supporting documentation.
• Prepare VAT workings and assist with VAT return filing.
• Ensure proper treatment of taxable and non-taxable transactions.
• Support corporate tax compliance and external audits.
• Maintain proper documentation for auditors, tax consultants, and management.

Cash Flow & Banking

• Monitor daily cash flow and upcoming payment obligations.
• Prepare cash flow forecasts.
• Manage bank reconciliations and monitor incoming/outgoing payments.
• Coordinate payment instructions and maintain proper banking records.
• Monitor petty cash and property-level cash transactions.

Budgeting & Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly management reports covering:
• Revenue
• Operating expenses
• Property profitability
• Cash flow
• Outstanding receivables/payables
• Budget vs actual
• Support annual budgeting and…