Requirements
Candidates must have reached part-qualified status in a recognised accounting qualification. Essential experience includes management accounting, analytical accounting, preparing budgets and forecasts, and being an experienced user of MS Excel. Preferred experience includes financial support in consulting, commercial support (including pricing), audit, working in a global business, and statutory accounting.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Dubai, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Accounting & Audit
Company Industry
Audit & Accountancy
Financial and payroll support to high risk managed services
Tasks and responsibilities
Financial accounting and reporting:
Support month-end and year-end closing activities to meet reporting deadlines.
Analyse financial performance and provide commentary on key variances against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.
Ensure completeness and accuracy of income for HRMS department.
Prepare and review journal entries, accruals and adjustments.
Report realisation and project profitability for HRMS projects.
Support budgeting and forecasting processes by providing accurate financial data and insights.
Ensure compliance with IFRS and company accounting policies.
Assist with tax, commercial finance and operational teams on accounting and reporting matters.
Advise the business on financial issues, including FX and tax.
Payroll:
Review the monthly expat payroll. Ensure they are as per HR data and that amounts are calculated and booked correctly.
Verify that supporting documents are on file for joiners, leavers, and those with contract amendments.
Have a firm understanding of DIFC Employment Law and Iraq personal tax calculations.
Assist in attending and resolving payroll queries and issues.
General responsibilities:
Provide ad hoc financial support to HRMS department as required.
Provide financial support to HRMS Executive Committee as required.
Assist in the setup and reporting requirements of new legal entities and business expansions.
Assist with local statutory and group reporting requirements as required.
Assist with internal and external audits as required.
Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, automate tasks, and enhance financial controls.
Assist Financial Controller and Regional Finance Director as required.
Requirements
Knowledge and experience
Essential
Experience of management accounting.
Experience in an analytical accounting role.
Experience of preparing budgets and forecasts.
Experienced user of MS Excel.
Preferred
Experience of providing financial support in a consulting business.
Experience of providing commercial support, including pricing.
Experience of audit.
Experience of working in a global business.
Experience of statutory accounting.
Qualifications and specialist skills
Candidates must have reached part-qualified status in a recognised accounting qualification.
Competencies
Take the initiative to resolve issues proactively within own remit and recognise when escalation is required.
Use creativity to think outside the box and encourage others to do the same.
Adapt knowledge and analysis to provide effective solutions to clients; make informed decisions when appropriate.
Deliver on personal objectives to contribute to strategic and department plans, focus on delivery, and strive to exceed expectations. Show drive and determination to achieve high standards.
Use own knowledge and experience to make sound judgements or assist others with sound judgement.
Ensure delivery of exceptional service by focusing on the client’s needs.
Understand the business as a whole, strategic priorities and own contribution to goals.
Demonstrate global awareness; consider the regional and global implications of what we do in our areas of responsibility; identify and build relationships across team and region.
Suggest and make improvements and efficiencies to manage costs and improve margins.
Embrace a changing environment, adapt well to changing demands and ambiguous situations and adapt own behaviour accordingly.
Express self clearly and display sensitivity to develop constructive relationships with others. Show understanding of others in order to influence as appropriate.
Behaviours
All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values: integrity and ethics, collaboration and teamwork, commitment to people, and professionalism and excellence.
Benefits
Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
Private medical insurance.
Annual housing allowance.
Compulsory monthly employer contributions to the DIFC Employment Workplace Saving Scheme.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.
Apply Now