Finance & Accounting Specialist

Job description / Role

Charterhouse are currently managing a search for a leading international risk and consultancy practice, whom are in the process of looking to recruit a Finance & Accounting Specialist, to oversee the financial accounting and month-end closing procedures across their Abu Dhabi business unit.

This role shall be heavily geared towards the management and oversight linking to all the financial statements whilst provided insight to management reporting, work-in-progress, revenue allocation and cash flow controls.

In conjunction, this Accountant shall also be focused towards an annual Audit exercise, whilst also being tasked with developing any processes and controls within the overall financial control function.

This Finance Specialist shall also take ownership of all Tax accounting and compliance; to ensure both accurate filing returns whilst also providing in-house guidance and expertise across accounting standards and principles with the IFRS and GAAP frameworks.

Requirements

Our client will be looking to pinpoint a qualified or part-qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or CIMA) whom is able to deliver a strong level of technical proficiency, linking to statutory and any regulatory accounting, whilst also be well-versed across the development of controls and financial reports.

Applicants shall come from service-line businesses, whereby the candidate is exposed to project-based and/or fee-based consultancy practices, linking also to areas of work-in-progress accounting along with revenue recognition policy.

This role shall demand a candidate whom is able to manage international operations and as such, requires strong communication and delegation skills, across a regional-based finance team whilst also supporting senior reporting lines at a group level.

About the Company

The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.