GL Accountant - 1 year contract

This is a one-year fixed term contract based in Dubai for an immediately available General Ledger Accountant. The role focuses on supporting day to day GL activities while playing a central part in an ERP implementation project. There is potential for the contract to be extended depending on performance and business requirements.Client DetailsOur client is an international organisation with operations across multiple regions, currently undergoing a finance systems transformation. They operate in a fast-moving environment and are enhancing their financial infrastructure to support continued growth. The business offers strong cross functional exposure and the opportunity to work closely with a core finance team on a high impact project.DescriptionSupport finance activities related to the implementation of a new ERP system, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data.Participate in data cleansing and validation work prior to system migration.Assist with reconciling legacy ledger balances, ensuring all opening balances and open items are correctly identified ahead of migration.Contribute to mapping existing accounts and transactions to the updated chart of accounts.Support the incorporation and alignment of financial dimensions within existing datasets.Validate migrated data and perform post migration reconciliations to ensure ledger integrity.Assist with user testing for finance related processes and workflows within the new ERP system.Document finance processes, testing outcomes, and workflows as part of the implementation programme.Perform general ledger accounting tasks including reconciliations, reviews, and ledger clean up as required.Provide day to day support to the Finance Core Team throughout the transformation period.ProfileBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.2 to 5+ years of General Ledger accounting experience.Strong background in account reconciliations and ledger analysis.Experience in ERP implementation or system migration is essential.Hands on experience with Microsoft Dynamics is highly preferred.Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and data analysis.Candidates do not need prior UAE experience but must be currently based in the UAE and immediately available.Job OfferOpportunity to contribute to a major ERP transformation project.Hands on involvement in finance systems, data migration, and process enhancement.Exposure to a collaborative finance function working on high impact deliverables.Potential contract extension based on performance and business needs.SkillsGeneral ledger management and reconciliation.#J-18808-Ljbffr