Dubai - Team Lead - GL
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
We are supporting our client in the search for a Team Leader - General Ledger, a key position based in Abu Dhabi. This role is ideal for a finance professional with strong leadership skills and hands-on experience in GL management, reconciliation, and compliance.The selected candidate will be instrumental in ensuring financial accuracy, driving automation, and acting as a business partner to strengthen internal controls and optimize financial operations.
Client Details
Our client, is a leading service provider in the region, delivering excellence and innovation across its operations. As part of its commitment to high-performance financial management, they are seeking an experienced finance professional to lead its General Ledger function.The business promotes a collaborative and forward-thinking work culture, encouraging continuous improvement and innovation.
Description
Financial Operations- Review and validate financial transactions including commitments, invoices, payments, and returns
- Ensure adherence to Delegation of Authority (DOA) compliance and financial policies
- Oversee validation of employee claims and capital commitment business cases
- Partner with IT to ensure ERP-based access controls
- Monitor and report actual spend vs. budget, providing actionable financial insights
- Ensure data integrity across all financial records
- Lead the maintenance of the general ledger, ensuring accurate and timely entries
- Ensure journal entries are posted within 2 working days, with zero material errors
- Reconcile GL accounts within 5 working days post month-end close
- Resolve discrepancies to maintain accurate and complete financial records
- Collaborate with departments to reflect dynamic financial and operational changes
- Stay abreast of accounting standards and regulatory developments
- Support decision-making through financial insight and process improvement
- Act as the ERM and ICFR champion within Finance
- Conduct regular compliance assessments and support legal and internal control frameworks
- Ensure adherence to budget and risk mitigation measures
- Track and update risk control systems and governance frameworks
- Strategic finance leadership opportunity with a leading services provider
- Role based in Abu Dhabi with visibility across departments and senior stakeholders
- High-impact position that combines financial management, system optimization, and risk control
- Collaborative and performance-driven work environment
- Opportunity to drive innovation in financial processes within a fast-evolving industry
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, Commerce (Master's in Finance/MBA preferred)
- CA, CPA, or ACCA certification is mandatory
- Additional training in ERP systems, IFRS, or internal controls is advantageous
- 7+ years' experience in general ledger, financial reporting, or operations
- 1-3 years in a leadership or supervisory role within finance
- Prior experience in multinational or regulated environments preferred
- Prior audit experience in the Big 4 or Big 10 is preferred
About the Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
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The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.
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