Senior Financial Accountant

Job Title: Senior Financial Accountant
Department: Finance – Reporting & Control
Reports To: Financial Controller
Location: Dubai, UAE

Role Purpose

The Senior Financial Accountant will support the Financial Controller in managing financial reporting, month-end and year-end closing, statutory audit requirements, and financial control activities across multiple Group entities.

The role will be responsible for ensuring that assigned entities maintain accurate financial records, complete reconciliations on time, and remain fully prepared for internal and external audits.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities for assigned Group entities.
- Prepare and review monthly management accounts and financial statements.
- Review trial balances, general ledgers, and balance sheet accounts.
- Prepare and review accruals, prepayments, provisions, depreciation, and other accounting adjustments.
- Ensure all balance sheet accounts are properly reconciled and supported.
- Coordinate statutory audit requirements for multiple Group entities.
- Prepare audit schedules, lead schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
- Act as a key Finance contact for external auditors for assigned entities.
- Track audit requirements, outstanding requests, and audit adjustments through to completion.
- Review audit findings and support implementation of corrective actions.
- Ensure financial records and accounting treatments comply with IFRS and Group accounting policies.
- Support preparation of consolidated financial statements and Group reporting.
- Review intercompany balances and ensure timely reconciliation between Group entities.
- Review actual financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Investigate material variances and prepare management explanations.
- Coordinate with AP, AR, Payroll, Procurement, and operational teams to resolve accounting issues.
- Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting exercises.
- Assist with corporate tax, VAT, and other statutory financial requirements.
- Review accounting work prepared by Financial Accountants and provide guidance where required.
- Support improvements to Oracle Fusion reporting, closing processes, audit readiness, and internal controls.
- Ensure assigned entities comply with monthly closing and reporting deadlines.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
- ACCA, CPA, CMA, ACA, or equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
- Minimum 5–7 years of accounting, reporting, and audit-related experience.
- Strong experience preparing financial statements and managing external audit requirements.
- Experience working across multiple entities is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion or a similar ERP system is preferred.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Key Competencies

- Strong financial accounting and reporting knowledge.
- Strong audit coordination skills.
- Excellent reconciliation and analytical ability.
- High attention to detail.
- Ability to manage several entities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong communication and auditor-management skills.
- Ability to identify control weaknesses and accounting issues.
- Strong ownership of deadlines and deliverables.