Charterhouse are currently supporting one of our global clients, whom are in the process of looing to recruit a Manager of Accounting & Process Improvements within their regional office in Dubai.
About the role
This Manager of Accounting & Process Improvements will manage the accounting operations, across their cluster, to ensure accurate and compliant (IFRS-linked) financial statements whilst also overseeing policy and governance controls within this stream of their finance function. This role will take ownership of all month-end and year-end accounting cycles, to complete both order-to-cash and record-to-report processes, across all the regional entities and in adherence with the deadline for reporting packs and accounts at a group level. In conjunction, this role has responsibility for tax management across jurisdictions, to ensure both accurate and timely filing along with assessing and implementing mitigation procedures, across the tax obligation including any internal transfer pricing.
In addition to these operational areas, this position shall be heavily geared towards area of process review and policy implementation to allow for strong, robust and up-to-date systems and controls within the accounting processes; to ensure both standardisation, efficiencies and best practice for the audit trail.
About you
This technical role will present numerous search criterion which the client will look to meet within their candidate search. To be considered for this role, the successful candidate will be a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA) with a training background from within a Big Four audit and assurance environment. The ideal candidate shall be required to possess a minimum of 4 to 5 years of post-qualified experience within a technically-geared accounting and operational finance position and in conjunction, candidates shall be required to present relevant and up-to-date knowledge of governance controls, compliance management and reporting systems.
Applicants shall also be expected to demonstrate a sound insight to regional tax policy across both VAT and any applied corporate tax with a knowledge of all regulatory frameworks and filing structures. In conjunction, our client is looking to hire a candidate with proven stakeholder-management capabilities and an ability to manage and implement any change management and/or policy review. A background from within a multinational company, with numerous and varied entities, will be a desirable profile-of-candidate for our client, to transfer a knowledge of international best practice along with delivering an adequate level of commercial acumen and business support.