Financial Controller - DUBAI UAE
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Job Description
Your main responsibilities are:
To build a strong communication structure within the UAE collating relevant information impacting profitability and ensuring awareness by key stakeholders of financial performance
To ensure financial reporting is accurate and deliverables are submitted within set deadlines
To provide sound financial / nonfinancial performance analysis and commentary
To help drive the financial forecasting and budget exercise and ensure a high level of accuracy
To actively participate in month end closing to ensure correct revenue and cost allocation by UAE entities and (when required) proposing appropriate accruals
To assist UAE businesses with HQ level reporting into client consolidation platform to ensure timely reporting
To actively participate in cost control projects and propose actions to ensure containment of general overheads and ensure appropriate communication across all the departments of the organization
Support other areas of the business in analyzing results and collating information for decision making including involvement in adhoc projects. This includes developing reporting tools and dashboards where appropriate
Tasks & Responsibilities
Business Plan Budgeting and forecasting
Coordination of budget and forecasts reporting budget submission (yearly and monthly); two Forecasts per year (forecast) one LongTerm Plan
Develop and maintain a budget and forecasting model which can be utilized by all UAE business and is compatible with financial reporting software/ERP
Coordinate collection analysis production and dissemination of information
Maintain a detailed working knowledge of the UAE consolidated budget and KPIs
Financial Control and Accounting
Coordination of the closings: ensure accuracy (P&L Balance sheet Cash Flow items) and on time submission by subsidiaries in the consolidation software
Taxation
Assist operating teams with AdHoc questions around VAT and Corporate Income Tax to ensure all entities are compliant with regulatory requirements
Data Analytics & Process Improvements
Implement groupwide data analytics tools to provide insights and support decisionmaking
Lead initiatives to standardize and streamline financial processes across the group
Optimization of existing tools and systems to ensure reliability and productivity of reporting
Update and improvement of consolidation data and various reports: KFIs Savings CAPEX Segments and bridge analysis on a regular basis
Control accuracy and completeness of information reported by UAE business. Provide provisional analysis to UAE Country CFO of monthly position vs. budget/forecast
Develop tools to assist teams in analyzing variances against budget forecast and previous year in an accurate & efficient manner linking into financial ERP data
Perform quarterly reconciliations between consolidation platform and Financial ERP to ensure accuracy of Group reporting to underlying books and record
Oversight of working capital key performance indicators to activate remedial steps as and when necessary including explaining variances to budget and action needed to improve position in line with target
Qualifications :
Technical Skills and Responsibilities:
Good knowledge and practice of accounting and financial techniques (IFRS standards and local accounting and tax rules)
Strong ability to solve complex accounting and tax issues and challenges and with other finance functions or operational departments
Good knowledge of accounting and financial processes for both internal control and procedural efficiency
Good knowledge of accounting and financial information systems
Ability to organize and plan the process of periodic account closings and meet accounting and tax deadlines
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
