Senior Group Accountant
Salary: AED 15,000 to 20,000 Plus Benefits
Job Type: Permanent
Discipline: Accountancy & Finance
Reference: 53752
Posted: about 18 hours ago
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Job description
Charterhouse are currently supporting a professional services group, who are looking to recruit a Senior Group Accountant into their centralised regional finance department.
About the Role
The Senior Group Accountant will take ownership across all areas of financial accounting for the regional business whilst ensuring all financial statements are recorded in alignment with the regulatory requirements. In conjunction, the role will prepare and oversee all VAT returns on a quarterly basis.With a reporting line to the Financial Controller, the Accountant shall also be expected to manage all areas of transactional accounting across areas of accounts payable and receivable whilst also overseeing the reconciliation process along with the general ledger maintenance.
In addition, the role shall also be required to support collections and any working capital, whilst also ensuring cashflow and work-in-progress reports, can be completed for reporting purposes. Responsibilities will also extend to the oversight and management of all the internal accounting and booking systems to ensure both accurate data input and financial accounts preparation.This in turn, will extend to both audit oversight and compliance-based group reporting.
About You
Our client will look to recruit a professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA or CPA) from a Big Four Audit-type background working within a professional services organisation, along with experience of undertaking a hands-on operational finance and accounting-based position.The successful candidate shall be required to understand areas of tax and regulatory matters within the regional markets, along with an ability to act as a liaison-point with any internal or external audit partners.
The candidate shall ideally understand the concepts of working-capital, cashflow positions and MIS reporting to allow for business partnering and group reporting. On top of this, successful candidate will be required to manage Excel for analysis purposes to a high level of proficiency whilst also being familiar with accounting and reporting-based software.