Finance Assistant [UAE National]

The Team

Cundall is a leading international multi-disciplinary consultancy operating with offices in Australia, Asia, UK, Europe, and the Middle East.

As the world’s first consultancy to be formally endorsed as a One Planet Company and certified carbon neutral, Cundall is at the forefront of the built environment’s response to achieving net zero carbon.

Our people are considered experts and thought leaders in the industry; collectively we’re driving meaningful change. In order to help us achieve our ongoing global ambitions, we require an organised, collaborative, and energetic Finance Assistant to join our growing MENA Finance Team.

The Role

In line with the continued growth of our business, we are looking to appoint a Finance Assistant, to be based in our Dubai office to support our MENA Finance Team.

The successful candidate will be highly detail oriented, organised with strong multitasking abilities and collaborative. Across their work they will continually ensure accuracy and effectiveness in all accounting tasks.

Key duties will include:

1. Accounts payable, including data entry, preparation of payment runs, supplier queries, collections insurances.
2. Accounts receivable, including draft invoices, data entry and cash receipting.
3. Credit card reconciliations
4. Processing Expense claims
5. Cashbook
6. Other adhoc Finance/Accounts related tasks as required

The Skills

Having gained demonstrable knowledge and at least 2-3 years of relevant experience of accounts related duties within a fast-paced, complex environment, you are also familiar with providing a range of administrative support to a high standard, and on a pro-active basis. You possess advanced Microsoft Excel skills and are comfortable with the technical understanding and attention to detail it takes to work effectively in a Finance assistant role.

You are highly organised, take a proactive approach to your work and can work to tight deadlines – making use of your initiative, self-motivation and effective communication skills.

A formal accounting qualification and significant experience of payable/ receivables are desirable.