Finance Manager

Argyll Scott

UAE

Ref: QP183-290

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Reporting Line: Middle East Finance Director

The business is a professional services firm, widely regarded as a global leader in business strategy consulting. The firm has built its worldwide practice on intellectual leadership and has helped change the way many corporations approach, and engage in, competition.

It is a privately owned firm with locations across the world. The business provides professional management services to the firm, including the central operations of finance, information technology, marketing, risk, legal, operations and human resources.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsible for the Middle East Accounting and Finance Operations and reporting to the Finance Director. The role includes preparation of the statutory financial statements, , US GAAP reporting, multi-geographical tax filings, treasury and audits. Responsible for leadership and direction for the Accounting Operations team and being an active member of the global finance community whilst managing a team of 7 professionals.

Overall responsibilities include:

• Continually seeking to improve accounting and administrative processes by leading local development and implementation of financial applications and identify efficiencies to improve the information systems, e.g. Oracle General Ledger and Hyperion
• Mentoring and developing the team and fostering a positive working environment
• From a Risk Management perspective ensuring there are appropriate internal controls and compliance with local tax, legal and other regulatory requirements
• Being a discussion partner on all issues relating to payroll and fringe benefits, and pro-actively advising on labor law / fiscal issues and opportunities, WPS, GOSI, etc.
• Oversee payroll activities to ensure timely and accurate, as well as liaise with HR
• Liaising closely with Financial Analysts (Finance Commercial Support ) and Financial Planning and Analysis with calendar management, other costs analysis, revenue recognition and ad hoc team projects
• Overall responsibility for the accounting and payroll functions of the Middle East offices

Taxation and Compliance
• Responsible for the facilitating the preparation and review of multiple tax returns with support from external advisors
• Responsible for the completion of the Tax Planning Template (TPT), which reconciles local tax to US GAAP tax
• Assist in tax audit processes as needed in close cooperation with the Finance Director and the Global Tax Team
• Gather the relevant data to support and comply with transfer pricing agreements

Treasury
• Manage monthly cash forecasts
• Manage the inter-company process
• Treasury management which includes monthly monitoring the short and long-term cash position of the company, maximizing return/minimizing cost, maintaining banking relationships, etc.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years experience
• University degree plus Accounting Qualification or equivalent, MBA a plus.
• Supervisory or management experience in multinational environments
• English fluency
• Familiarity with UAE/KSA/Qatar/Lebanon financial reporting and GAAP requirements
• Ability to work with a wide range of people and personalities
• US GAAP experience
• Experience in professional accounting preferred

Please apply if you feel you have the right experience.

About the Company

We recruit the very best talent for middle management positions across a range of functions and sectors. Think you've heard all that before? Read on.

We're here to make recruitment better. Better for our clients, our candidates and our own recruitment professionals.

We build relationships, not databases, and add real value that helps organisations and individuals grow. We are a team of functional and sector specialists delivering a genuinely consultative service that is underpinned by the depth of both our market knowledge and the client & candidate networks we have built.

Our clients love it. And as a result, we are one of the fastest-growing professional recruitment groups on the planet. Whether you're hiring or changing jobs yourself, you can't afford to get it wrong.

Argyll Scott will ensure you get it right.

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Finance Manager salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 21,500

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