Accounting Specialist - Collections & AR

About the role

As Accounting Specialist - Collections & AR at Arabic.AI, you will own end-to-end collections and accounts receivable across assigned group entities, turning billed revenue into cash on time and keeping overdue risk visible to management. About 50-60% of the role is dedicated to collections and AR, from invoice issue to cash applied, with the rest covering the full accounting cycle and month-end close.

Key responsibilities

• Collections and AR: manage the cycle from invoice to cash applied, monitor AR aging weekly, follow up overdue invoices and keep collection trackers current
• Prepare weekly and monthly collection forecasts, escalate overdue balances and disputes to management, and resolve billing disputes with commercial and project teams
• Ensure accurate customer invoicing against contracts, POs and project milestones, apply receipts, reconcile customer accounts and issue statements
• Support credit control, credit limits, customer onboarding checks and payment-term compliance, and calculate the doubtful-debt provision (ECL under IFRS 9)
• Handle withholding tax deducted by customers and collect the related certificates
• Full accounting cycle: journal entries, accruals, prepayments and reclassifications, daily and monthly bank reconciliations, balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance in the ERP
• Month-end close: payroll journals, supplier invoices and payments, AP accruals, and schedules for the trial balance and management accounts
• Reporting: collection reports (aging, DSO, overdue analysis), management reporting, budgets, cash flow forecasts and auditor support

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (required)
• 4-6 years of accounting experience, including full accounting cycle and month-end close (payroll, AP and tax)
• Mult-entity or group company experience
• Fluent in English and Arabic, written and spoken

Required skills

• Hands-on ERP experience, preferably SAP FI (AR, AP and GL)
• Advanced Excel: pivot tables, lookups, aging and forecast models
• Receivables management, credit control and bank reconciliations