About the Job
Job Opportunity: Bookkeeper
Location: Abu Dhabi
Company: Elevate&CO – Exclusive Luxury Lifestyle and Experiential Management Firm
Website: https://elevateandco.com
Elevate&CO is a membership-based luxury lifestyle and experiential management firm supporting ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) clientele across property, travel, and lifestyle services. Our work is built on precision, discretion, and operational excellence, ensuring every service delivered is fully supported by robust financial controls and documentation.
We are currently seeking a Bookkeeper to join our Abu Dhabi team. This role is suited to a highly organised, detail-oriented finance professional who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys structured workflows, and values accuracy, accountability, and clean financial records.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and issue client invoices based on written approvals, approved scopes, BOQs, or confirmed third-party bookings.
- Process deposits, staged payments, variations, milestones, and final balances.
- Manage commission invoicing for suppliers where clients pay directly.
- Monitor bank accounts multiple times daily and accurately allocate incoming payments.
- Prepare payment receipts and maintain up-to-date accounts receivable records and ageing.
- Prepare weekly supplier payment schedules and process supplier payments following approval.
- Track prepayments, balances, refunds, credits, and inter-account transfers.
- Perform bank, ledger, card, and supplier reconciliations.
- Maintain job-level or booking-level financial records using actual costs only.
- Coordinate finance-related supplier communication and follow up on documentation, SOAs, and confirmations.
- Maintain complete, auditable documentation across internal systems and shared drives.
- Prepare and submit monthly financial, reconciliation, and VAT reports in line with set deadlines.
- Support audits, reporting, and month-end close processes.
- Set up new suppliers in finance systems, including collecting trade licenses, VAT certificates, and bank details.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Mandatory Experience: Minimum 2–3 years experience in bookkeeping, accounts, or finance operations, ideally within property, travel, hospitality, or service-based environments.
- Expertise: Strong understanding of invoicing, payments, reconciliations, and financial reporting in high-volume settings.
- Systems: Confident using accounting software, online banking platforms, spreadsheets, and shared drive systems.
- Attention to Detail: Exceptional accuracy, consistency, and documentation control.
- Organisation: Ability to manage multiple financial workflows simultaneously while meeting fixed deadlines.
- Autonomy: Comfortable working independently within defined processes and approvals.
- Professionalism: High level of discretion, confidentiality, and professional conduct at all times.
Why Join Us
At Elevate&CO, we value precision as much as creativity. Joining our team means becoming part of a high-performing, detail-driven environment where financial accuracy underpins exceptional client experiences. You will play a critical role in supporting premium services while working within a structured, professional, and collaborative team.
How to Apply
If you're ready to take the next step in your finance career, we'd love to hear from you.
Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience.
- Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates who meet the stated experience and qualification requirements will be contacted. Please ensure you clearly reference the role Bookkeeper on your CV.
