AR Accountant

Job description / Role

• Position Title: AR Accountant
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary AED: up to 4,000 inclusive depending on experience and qualifications
• Job Location: Umm Al Quwain, UAE
• About the Client:

A pioneering petrochemical manufacturer and trader of paints, coatings, resins, adhesives, and construction chemicals with factories and operations spanning the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

:

• Manage the complete AR cycle, including preparing, verifying, and posting customer invoices, credit notes, debit notes, and receipts; ensuring accurate customer account records, proper revenue documentation, and timely transaction posting in the ERP/accounting system.
• Perform regular customer ledger and statement reconciliations, monitor outstanding invoices and payment due dates, prepare AR aging reports, follow up on overdue balances, and coordinate with the Sales and Collections teams to resolve payment discrepancies and reduce overdue receivables.
• Accurately record and allocate customer payments, reconcile bank receipts, monitor customer credit limits and payment terms, identify overdue or high-risk accounts, and prepare weekly/monthly collection reports, outstanding balance summaries, and cash-flow-related receivables forecasts.
• Support monthly and year-end closing activities, reconcile AR subledgers with the general ledger, maintain accurate supporting documentation, ensure compliance with UAE VAT requirements and internal accounting policies, and assist with internal/external audits while preventing billing errors and unallocated receipts.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline, with a minimum of 1–2 years of hands-on UAE accounting experience, specifically involving Accounts Receivable, customer reconciliations, invoicing, and payment collections. Manufacturing, paints, chemicals, building materials, or trading experience is highly preferred.
• Practical experience in customer invoicing, receipt allocation, debtor aging analysis, customer statement reconciliation, credit notes, collections follow-ups, and resolving outstanding payment discrepancies, with working knowledge of UAE VAT requirements.
• Hands-on experience with accounting/ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, or similar platforms, supported by good MS Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Excellent numerical accuracy, attention to detail, organizational skills, and professional communication abilities, with confidence in coordinating with customers, Sales, Finance, and other departments to resolve disputes, meet collection targets, and maintain accurate records under tight deadlines.

Salary:

AED 4,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

About the Company

RTC-1 Employment Services is a licensed recruitment firm based in Dubai, UAE. Our team has been in the market since 2004 and we are supporting various industries with their staffing needs across the Middle East and Africa.