General Accountant (Manufacturing)

A leading food manufacturer in Abu Dhabi is seeking a highly skilled General Accountant (Manufacturing) to join their Finance & Operations team. This role offers you the opportunity to work within a growing organisation dedicated to producing nutritious, high-quality products for pets. You would ideally come from the food manufacturing sector with working experience in Quickbooks and advanced Excel.

What you'll do:

As a General Accountant (Manufacturing), you will be responsible for overseeing the full spectrum of accounting functions within the manufacturing environment. Your daily activities will involve managing financial records in QuickBooks, preparing comprehensive monthly reports for management review, recording all relevant transactions with precision, and supporting budgeting efforts. You will calculate cost of sales by analysing ingredient usage and production data while monitoring inventory movement from raw materials through finished goods. Collaborating closely with production teams ensures accurate stock verification and helps identify areas for cost reduction or improved control. Advanced Excel skills will enable you to build robust reporting tools that simplify complex workflows. By automating routine tasks and maintaining clear documentation for all adjustments or discrepancies, you will contribute significantly to operational transparency. Your ability to provide timely insights into margin performance supports strategic decision-making at every level of the organisation.

• Manage all day-to-day accounting activities including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, supplier accounts, customer accounts, and internal ledgers.
• Maintain accurate financial records using QuickBooks and ensure all transactions are properly categorised and supported with thorough documentation.
• Prepare monthly financial statements such as profit and loss reports, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• Record invoices, payments, expenses, purchase orders, payroll entries, and other accounting entries accurately while supporting year-end closing procedures.
• Calculate cost of sales for products by tracking ingredient costs, recipes, packaging materials, production inputs, yield rates, wastage levels, and production volumes.
• Regularly review product costs to reflect changes in supplier prices or manufacturing expenses and analyse gross margins by product category or batch.
• Monitor inventory movements from purchase through production to finished goods using FIFO principles; maintain ingredient “in and out” records for raw materials and packaging supplies.
• Coordinate with production and operations teams to verify stock usage and output; flag shortages or overstocking risks while assisting with physical stock counts and reconciliations.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies between physical stock and accounting records; document stock adjustments for damaged goods or expired materials.
• Utilise advanced Excel skills to create pivot tables, formulas, trackers, dashboards; automate repetitive tasks using AI tools or spreadsheet integrations to improve reporting efficiency.

What you bring:

Your extensive background as a General Accountant (Manufacturing) equips you with the technical expertise needed for this role. You bring deep experience from food manufacturing settings where you have managed complex accounting processes using QuickBooks. Your advanced Excel capabilities allow you to design efficient reporting tools that facilitate clear analysis of financial data. You are adept at preparing monthly statements that inform management decisions while ensuring compliance during year-end closings. Your familiarity with payroll processing ensures accurate compensation records are maintained. You understand how recipe costing impacts overall profitability—tracking ingredient usage alongside production yields enables you to deliver actionable insights into margin performance. Your collaborative approach fosters positive relationships across departments; your attention to detail ensures discrepancies are quickly resolved. By leveraging automation tools effectively you help streamline recurring tasks—making financial operations more dependable for everyone involved.

• Minimum five years’ experience in accounting roles within food manufacturing environments is required for this position.
• Proven track record working with QuickBooks software to maintain clean financial records and support monthly reporting cycles.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, structured spreadsheets for data analysis is essential.
• Experience preparing monthly financial statements such as profit & loss reports, balance sheets, cash flow statements is necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools or automation platforms to simplify accounting workflows and reduce manual entry errors.
• Payroll processing experience including maintaining employee payment details, deductions, benefits documentation is required.
• Strong understanding of cost of sales calculations based on recipes/ingredient usage; familiarity with manufacturing cost control principles is vital.
• Experience tracking inventory using FIFO methods; reconciling stock levels between physical counts and accounting systems is important.
• Ability to work collaboratively with finance colleagues as well as production/procurement teams; strong interpersonal communication skills are valued.
• Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail; proven ability to identify errors or variances in accounting/inventory records.

What's next:

If you are ready to take your career forward in manufacturing accounting, this is your chance!

Apply today by clicking on the link provided.