Accounting Manager (Female)

Job description / Role

We are working on an exclusive mandate for a business based in JLT. The company is family owned, but all the family members live overseas. The small Dubai office is managed by a down-to-earth British man, who is also the CFO & Legal Director.

The successful candidate must be able to multi-task, be comfortable undertaking a mix of admin and accounting. This is a very hands-on role where you must be a team player.

Responsibilities
• Oversee all of the day to day accounting function of the business and other entities.
• Ensure compliance with statutory authority and audit requirements.
• Maintain integrity of Accounting system (Orion), ensuring it remains effective and operational at all times.
• Ensure all tax, legal and regulatory requirements are complied with at all times.
• Responsible for all document control for each entity.
• Provide assistance in opening of bank accounts.

Finance Administration
• Make all accounting entries and ensure the monthly reconciliation of all ledgers and sub-ledgers.
• Ensure adequate and accurate monthly accruals.
• Ensure all services are rebilled to clients in line with inter-company contracts
• Ensure all supplier invoices are properly approved and suppliers are paid in a timely fashion.
• Manage relationships with Auditors, Banks, Vendors, IT Service Company, DMCC.
• Ensure that receivables are monitored and collections are up to date.
• Oversee Cash Management: Including daily bank recs, processing weekly disbursements, and creating weekly/monthly/quarterly cash forecast reports when needed.
• Ensure that monthly management reports highlight variances from budgets & forecasts are updated.
• Provide technical accounting expertise and recommendations for the business.

Budgeting / Forecasting & Reporting
• Ensure the accurate preparation / reporting of monthly financial results in strict accordance with deadlines.
• Ensure management reports are completed and reported in line with reporting deadlines.
• Prepare profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow forecasts on a monthly basis.
• Ensure any variations to budgets and forecasts are explained in management reports.
• Collate all relevant information to produce end of year statutory accounts for the company.
• Ensure all company assets are monitored and accurately accounted for.
• Assist with all tax and other regulatory returns for all countries in which legal entities operate for approval by MD prior to forwarding to regulatory body.
• Assist in preparation of annual budgets.
• Ensure Intercompany accounts are reconciled and eliminating entries are correctly booked in consolidation of accounts.

Reports:
• In addition to financial and management reporting as above, assist in producing monthly/ quarterly reports as required including:-
• For Board Meetings. Activity reports on relevant issues/ initiatives to internal clients e.g. MD, directors, and related entities.
• Current status of transactions in process. AP, AR.
• Cash flow reports.
• Historical and projected profitability.

Salary:
AED 20000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

• At least 7-12 years accounting experience in a sophisticated and reputable company.
• Female candidates only
• Flexible start/finish hours can be considered for working mothers (such as 7.30-4.30 or 8-5pm)
• CA, CPA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification
• Excellent technical and communication skills.
• Highly discrete and able to uphold the utmost confidentiality
• Self-confident and very proactive.
• Prepared to be hands-on to achieve results and maintain deadlines.

Important characteristics;
• Experienced in Consolidations, IFRS, and intercompany transactional environment
• Experience with Administration of multiple bank accounts
• Desire to work in a start-up environment and have their hands in multiple areas of the business.
• Solid Experience in Orion (or other Oracle based system)
• Culturally aware and sensitive
• International business experience

We apologise that we cannot reply to everybody however we do guarantee that we look at every application. If you haven’t had a response from us within 7 days, you can assume you haven’t been successful on this occasion.

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.