Finance Officer

The British International School Abu Dhabi is looking to appoint an outstanding Finance Officer to join a well-established, supportive team in a highly successful and expanding school.

About You

We are looking for a driven personality who will advocate and commit in providing excellent finance/accounting and customer service support within the School’s Finance department. This is a customer facing role requiring excellent interpersonal skills.

As the school’s Finance Officer, you will thrive in the role combining day-to-day customer focused activities and finance services. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, the role will be responsible for managing customer billing processes and liaising with customers/parents with regard to any financial queries. Supporting teachers and the Principal and communicating with other stakeholders to ensure all tasks and responsibilities are complete. The successful candidate will also be responsible for the smooth and efficient running of the debt management process.

The ideal candidate will have a solid knowledge in financial accounting duties and accounting standards particularly in local market perspective.

Key responsibilities include the following:

• Debt management and collection of over AED 50,000,000
• Cash and banking handling and processing, this may include point-of-sale processing
• Periodic reporting of debtors reporting
• Develop/maintain user-friendly reports
• Key interface with pupils and parents, building a strong and supportive relationship to attain objectives
• Accounts Payables, including posting of invoices and creating supplier payments within the banking system
• Petty cash processing
• Expense claims processing

The ideal candidate will have the following qualification and experience;

• Bachelors Degree in accounting or any financial related field
• With a minimum of 3 years accounting or finance experience
• Native Arabic speaking professional
• Experience in education or learning environment
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About Our School

The British International School Abu Dhabi is a highly successful, growing school with a committed and inspirational team of teaching professionals at its heart.  Our close-knit, supportive team is honoured to be at the centre of our community, educating over 1700 young people aged 3-18, from more than 90 nationalities.  

The school was originally opened in 2009 and is now widely recognised as one of the leading schools in the Middle East. To learn more about our school, please visit http://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/abu-dhabi

Selection Process

Applicants should submit a CV, letter of application and the details of two professional referees.

Interviews will be conducted at the School or via Microsoft Teams. The start date is January 2022.

Safeguarding

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.

All post holders having regular unsupervised contact with children are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.