Senior Consultant; Business Services Outsourcing

BDO UAE provides audit and assurance, advisory, tax and business outsourcing services to companies across all sectors of the economy.

As one of the world’s leading audit and accounting organizations, we have clients of all types and sizes, from large corporate organizations to private businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals across various industry sectors.

From a global beginning in 1963 with five firms, today BDO extends across 166 countries and territories, with 115,661 people working out of 1,776 offices.

• Adhere to the highest degree of integrity, professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
• Based on client’s requirement and selected software, setting up the accounting system including creation of chart of accounts, format of management reports and sample of other deliverables.
• Prepare and finalize the books of accounts in the accounting software based on documents and information provided by the client and ensure that they are in line with statutory requirements.
• Produce finalized general ledgers, trial balance, profit and loss statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, financial budget and management report.
• Prepare reconciliation of accounts, cash books, credit card accounts, expense schedules and adjustment journal entries.
• Produce supporting schedules for staff indemnity, accrued expenses, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, customer and supplier ageing and bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensure books of accounts prepared are in compliance with client’s internal policy manual.
• Review and understand frequency and depth of financial reporting requirements per client and ensure accuracy and timely delivery of reports generated.
• Based on payroll structure provided by the client setting up the client’s payroll in our payroll software
• Advise client on local laws and regulations relevant to payroll activities such as end of service benefit/gratuity calculation, social security requirement and WPS regulations etc.
• Prepare and finalize the monthly payroll calendar with the client.
• Prepare and finalize the monthly/yearly payroll reports and other deliverables including payroll reports, variance reports, gross to net pay reports and payslips etc.
• Prepare monthly payroll journal entries summarizing the employee salaries, allowances, deduction and provision for indemnities
• On behalf of the client check, review and verify the expense claim submitted by their employees and ensure those are processed in accordance with client’s management guidelines.
• Based on privileges assigned manage the bank of accounts for the client/on behalf of the client to process the salary payment, supplier’s payment and other expense payment.
• Review and uphold allocated time schedules per client.
• Prepare the report for funding request and cash flow forecast and co-ordinate with the client for timely payments.

• Confident and comfortable in client interactions
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment is required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – with positive & enthusiastic attitude

• Minimum 2-4 years of relevant work experience in accounting services in the UAE market
• A Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or equivalent
• Must possess a professional certification such as CA/ACCA/CPA
• Strong attention to detail and an analytical mind.

The BDO story is truly remarkable one, built on solid foundations laid by our visionary founder. BDO is fundamentally a people‑centric business with a proven track record of exceptional client service.

In 2018, we unveiled our leadership ambition: “Our Dream” - emphasizing that it’s time for BDO to lead— for our people to lead, each of us in our own right. Whether in our markets, through innovation, or as future advisors, our purpose, or “WHY,” drives us forward.

Our WHY is “People helping People achieve their Dreams”. Our “WHY” defines our identity – serving as our motivation and guiding principle. This principle is at the heart of BDO because people’s dreams matter to us.

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