Chief Accountant - Arabic Speaker

Michael Page

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: HP350-2297

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• Accounting Leadership
• Responsibility for day to day finance and accounts operations
• Review & approval of payment vouchers & journal entries
• Cash flow forecasting, budgeting and working closely with the operations and project teams in analysing margins, variances and cost analysis
• Responsibility for all regulatory and statutory compliance and reporting for the legal entities within the region
• Leading the month end and year end closing processes
• Coordination of the internal and external audit
• Driving consistency and compliance with global financial data quality requirements
• Managing the Regional Accounts Payable team
• Manage, support, coach and develop members of the team
• Management of assets, i.e., determination of value and benefits of the project
• Management of leasing for buildings and sales for stock

Requirements

• Should have 6+ years of experience in accounting
• Must be from the Real Estate industry
• Has to be a Native Arabic Speaker
• Must have experience in group accounting and consolidation
• Must have experience in budget and forecast preparations
• Must have experience in implementing group finance processes, procedures and policies
• Must have experience in asset management and leasing
• Should be entrepreneurial in nature with strong negotiating skills

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:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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Chief Accountant salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 12,500

Breakdown available for industries, cities and years of experience