Overview
Accountant – Automotive Jobs in Sharjah at Chinese car parts
We are looking for an Accountant to take ownership of the company’s end-to-end accounting and Record-to-Report (R2R) cycle across multiple branches.
The business operates in the automotive spare-parts sector, making strong inventory controls, branch reconciliations, cash management, and ERP experience essential (Zoho Books & Zoho Inventory).
The successful candidate will work closely with branch teams and management to ensure that transactions are accurately recorded, reconciled, reported, and finalized.
Key Responsibilities
1. End-to-End Accounting & Record-to-Report
- Take full ownership of the Record-to-Report cycle, from transaction recording and review through reconciliations, month-end closing, reporting, and finalization. Maintain and review the General Ledger, ensuring accurate classification and accounting treatment. Manage month-end and year-end closing processes independently. Prepare and analyze Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and other financial reports. Perform trial balance review, ledger scrutiny, account reconciliations, and year-end adjustments. Manage accounts independently through to the finalization stage. Ensure all accounting transactions are supported by proper documentation and maintained for audit and compliance purposes. Identify unusual transactions, discrepancies, or accounting issues and ensure timely resolution.
2. Multi-Branch Accounting & Reconciliation
- Manage and monitor accounting activities across multiple branches and locations. Perform regular branch-to-branch reconciliations and ensure inter-branch transactions are properly recorded and matched. Reconcile branch sales, collections, expenses, inventory movements, and cash balances with the accounting system. Conduct periodic visits to branches to verify cash, documents, inventory records, and operational controls. Coordinate with branch staff to resolve discrepancies and ensure compliance with accounting procedures. Ensure consistency of accounting processes and controls across all branches.
3. Inventory & Stock Accounting
- Take ownership of accounting controls for a high-volume, inventory-dependent automotive spare-parts business. Monitor purchases, goods receipts, sales, returns, transfers, adjustments, and other inventory movements. Reconcile physical stock with Zoho Inventory and accounting records. Investigate and resolve stock variances. Coordinate and participate in periodic stock counts across branches. Monitor inventory valuation, purchase costs, and inventory-related accounting entries. Ensure inventory movements are properly reflected in the financial accounts.
4. Cash, Bank & Payment Reconciliations
- Monitor and reconcile daily branch cash collections. Perform regular physical cash counts and investigate cash shortages or excesses. Manage and reconcile petty cash across branches. Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, payment gateways, and other collection channels. Ensure daily collections are accurately recorded and deposited. Investigate differences between actual collections, system records, bank statements, and accounting records.
5. Accounts Receivable & Payable
- Maintain and reconcile customer and supplier ledgers. Monitor outstanding receivables and payables. Review customer invoices, supplier bills, credit notes, debit notes, returns, and payments. Perform customer and supplier statement reconciliations. Follow up on discrepancies and ensure ledgers remain accurate and up to date.
6. Zoho Books & Zoho Inventory
- Use Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory as the primary accounting and inventory systems. Review transactions entered by sales, warehouse, and operational staff. Ensure accurate integration and flow of information between sales, inventory, purchasing, and accounting. Maintain accurate customer, supplier, item, branch, and financial records. Generate and analyze accounting, inventory, sales, purchasing, and reconciliation reports. Identify system/process issues and work with management to improve ERP controls and workflows.
7. UAE VAT & Corporate Tax
- Support UAE VAT compliance, including transaction review, VAT reconciliations, and VAT return preparation. Assist with UAE Corporate Tax compliance, including preparation of relevant schedules and supporting information. Ensure proper maintenance of tax-related records and documentation. Coordinate with external auditors, tax consultants, and advisors when required.
8. Internal Controls & Process Improvement
- Ensure proper financial controls are maintained across branches. Identify weaknesses in accounting, cash, inventory, purchasing, and sales processes. Recommend and implement improvements to accounting procedures and ERP workflows. Ensure accounting policies and SOPs are consistently followed. Support management with accurate and timely financial information for decision-making.
Candidate Requirements
- Minimum 2+ years of relevant accounting experience. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field or/ and Part-qualified ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification is preferred. Strong knowledge of General Ledger, double-entry accounting, reconciliations, and financial reporting. Practical experience managing month-end/year-end closing and financial statements. Experience with inventory accounting and stock reconciliation. Experience in a multi-branch environment is strongly preferred. Good understanding of UAE VAT and Corporate Tax. Hands-on experience with Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory is highly preferred. Strong Excel skills. Experience in automotive spare parts, trading, wholesale, retail, or distribution is an advantage. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and ownership mindset.
Pay: AED2,500.00 – AED3,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
Title: Accountant – Automotive
Company: Chinese car parts
Location: Sharjah
