Job PurposeAt Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always ‘Fly Better.’ As one of the most recognised and admired brands globally, we’re driven by innovation and excellence. Experience a fast-paced, multicultural environment where your financial expertise will be central to shaping the future of aviation while making a meaningful impact on a global stage. Our finance department at Emirates Group is responsible for acquiring and managing financial resources to generate profit. The team is pivotal in providing relevant financial information contributing to the productivity of our business functions, planning, and decision-making activities.
As a Junior Accountant (Revenue Recognition and Interline) on the Revenue Services team, you will play a key role in generating financial entries and invoices, resolving proration, tax and revenue accounting, processing exceptions, reconcile control and clear nominals, audit documents, identify discrepancies, raise under collections, updating of Masters (General/Nominals) in Accounting System to facilitate seamless processing, accurate and timely accounting/reporting. You will also be responsible to respond to disputes in a timely manner, perform customer account reconciliation and escalate settlement delays.
In This Role You Will
- * Process revenue accounting transactions, clear exceptions, raise invoices, trigger accounting, conduct reconciliation, fare/refund audits, master updates, reviews and other processing functions as per approved Standards and Procedures.
- Identify and evaluate discrepancies, resolve queries with the respective internal or external stakeholders and preclude inconsistent results accompanied by maintenance of detective and prevention controls. Improve customer experience through high-quality deliverables, effective issue resolution and structured communication.
- Assist the Supervisor or Officer in pre/post-closing accounting functions and ad-hoc assignments.
- Support internal and external customers by providing required information and answering queries.
Passenger Flown
- * Amend the fare construction string on passenger tickets to bring it in line with the IATA standard. This activity involves checking the fare construction string to ensure that the codes and amounts have been placed in the proper positions in line with IATA fare construction rules.
- Handle proration exceptions in RAPID (Revenue Accounting Proration Interline and Decision Support System).This activity involves committing the point of turnaround and true destination of the journey, answering proration related questions by checking the ticket data elements and referring the reference data related items to the Reference data team for further action.
- Handle tax processing exceptions in RAPID which involves breaking XT/ZZ tax, computing the collectible taxes on each sector (using RAPID screen TXP2001) and matching the collectible taxes with the collected amount.
- Handle yield/ fare checks and other processing exceptions. This activity involves comparing the system computed net prorate value on the sector with the average yields given to the staff followed by checking the ticket data in RAPID to ensure the data is correct.
Interline
- * Reconcile on a regular basis Interline, and Revenue related clearing accounts to ensure that accounts reflect the correct and realistic balances.
- Evaluate and pass necessary accounting entries for provision, accrual, reversal, booking revenue and exchange difference etc.
- Raising invoices, billing memos, credit notes and credit memos on various customers through the relevant Finance system(s) based on information supplied by various cost centres.
- Audit and account inward billed invoices and credit notes after cost centre approval. Raise rejections as required.
Qualification
To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements;
- Have 10 years of Schooling or equivalent
- Have 3+ years’ experience in Finance and Insurance Accounts, specific to Fare Revenue Protection, Passenger Flown, Refund and Revenue Master Management.
- Working knowledge of office automation software like Word, Excel and Power point.
- Good analytical and investigative skills with ability to multitask.
- Knowledge of fares, ticketing (preferably with IATA qualification).
You will have an edge if you have;
- Finance background
- Working knowledge of advanced fares and Global Distribution Systems (GDS)
At Emirates Group, we’re committed to providing our employees with opportunities to grow and develop their careers. If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, apply today and join our team!
Salary & benefits
Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers
