Mid-Senior Accountant

About the Role

Terracotta Outsourcing is a UAE-based provider of recruitment, manpower, visa outsourcing, EOR/PEO, business setup, PRO support, and broader corporate services. The business is looking for an experienced Mid-Senior Accountant to strengthen finance operations in Abu Dhabi and support accuracy, compliance, and client-facing financial processes.

This is a full-time, onsite position based in Abu Dhabi within the Finance department.

Key Responsibilities

• Enter day-to-day accounting transactions into the ERP system with accuracy and on time.
• Prepare and post journal entries while keeping the general ledger up to date.
• Handle accounts payable, accounts receivable, and staff reimbursement processing.
• Carry out reconciliations for bank accounts, payroll, intercompany balances, and balance sheet items.
• Assist with monthly and annual closing activities, including accruals, prepayments, and related schedules.
• Support VAT and Corporate Tax work through reconciliations and document preparation.
• Help with payroll accounting entries and validation checks.
• Contribute to audits by organizing reconciliations and backup documentation.
• Maintain complete accounting records and proper supporting files.
• Spot mismatches or errors and work toward resolving accounting issues.
• Provide support for management reporting and issue resolution whenever needed.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• Between 4 and 7 years of accounting experience in the UAE is expected.
• Strong practical knowledge of bookkeeping and general ledger work is essential.
• Hands-on exposure to reconciliations and month-end close activities is needed.
• Experience with ERP systems such as D365 or FOCUS is preferred.
• Good command of Excel, including formulas, lookups, and pivot tables, is important.
• Working knowledge of UAE VAT is needed; familiarity with Corporate Tax will be an advantage.
• The role suits someone who is detail-focused, disciplined, and takes ownership of work.
• Experience is not limited to HRMS execution; SAP, Oracle, D365, and similar systems are secondary tools.
• The candidate should be able to question system outputs rather than only process them.
• They must understand how payroll decisions affect finance, billing, and compliance together.
• Strong collaboration with Finance, Operations, and Legal teams on payroll design and controls is required.

Core Profile Expected

• The candidate should understand payroll calculation logic beyond basic software processing, including gross-to-net computation, accruals, retro adjustments, end-of-service calculations, and benefit impacts.
• A solid understanding of how labor law affects payroll structures, including UAE labor law, contract frameworks, and compliance consequences, is important.
• The role requires the ability to view payroll as a financial model, covering cost allocation, provisions, accruals, and impact on profit and loss.
• Experience in manpower or staffing environments is preferred, especially where both blue-collar and high-volume white-collar payrolls are managed.
• The candidate should understand how payroll affects billing, including client cost mapping, recharge structures, margin sensitivity, and utilization versus cost.
• They must be able to detect and control risks related to payroll and revenue leakage.
• Experience handling complex payroll setups across multiple entities or client structures is expected.

Industry Preference

Experience in manpower, staffing, oil and gas, construction, outsourcing, or shared services environments is preferred.