Finance Manager

Job description / Role

Charterhouse Middle East are currently supporting one of our clients in Qatar, whom are in the process of looking to recruit a Finance Manager, within one of their group entities. This role will support a Finance Director whilst inheriting a group of Accountants within the department structure.

About the role
The Finance Manager will take ownership of preparing all the financial statements to complete all month-end and year-end closing processes and shall also ensure the required compliance and adherence within the IFRS frameworks. From an accounting stand-point, this role shall oversee the reconciliations across the general ledger and trial balance, whilst managing the fixed asset register, across the inventory and sales ledgers. Within the overall job requirement, the Finance Manager will also take responsibility for the statutory accounts, whilst overseeing the audit planning process and any analytical-based reporting linked to this.

Requirements

To be considered for the role, the successful candidate must be a Chartered Accountant (ACA or ACCA), whom is able to demonstrate five years of post-qualified experience, in which part of this time shall be based within the Qatar and/or GCC market. This background will be within a Big 4 and/or corporate accounting function with a strong focus towards IFRS accounting, audit and reporting governance. The successful candidate shall be required to deliver a strong understanding of ERP and data systems; to ensure accurate reports, consolidation and closing of accounts.

The ideal candidate will be expected to demonstrate strong supervisory and communication skills; to allow for accurate, timely and informative reports along with the development of strong accounting policy.

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.