Senior Manager – Group Accounting & Controllership

Role purpose

• Own the integrity
• of TFG's books across all entities – a timely monthly close, reliable MIS, and
• full tax and audit compliance – while leading key finance projects.

Key responsibilities

• ·Oversee month-end close across
• all entities and modules; review trial balances and MIS with each regional
• accountant and present results to the Group Finance Head
• ·Ensure accuracy of the general
• ledger, reconciliations, accruals, provisions, inventory, fixed assets and
• intercompany balances
• ·Oversee VAT, corporate tax,
• income tax, GST and statutory audits in all countries, working with Tax &
• Compliance and external consultants; manage the GCC tax consultant
• ·Lead the UAE e-invoicing
• implementation
• ·Clean up legacy books and lead
• the split of UAE operations into four entities in SAP Business One
• ·Build SOPs, processes and
• internal controls across finance
• ·Review that sales and purchase
• invoices, credit notes and taxes are booked correctly
• ·Lead and develop the regional
• accounts teams across locations
• ·Other finance projects as
• assigned by the Group Finance Head

Key performance

indicators

Targets are starting points; adjust to the business baseline.

KPI

Target

• Month-end close – all entities (TB
• and MIS in group format)
• By the 5th working day
• Monthly group MIS reviewed and
• presented to Group Finance Head
• By the 7th working day
• VAT, Corporate Tax, Income Tax and
• GST returns – all countries
• 100% filed on time, no penalties
• Statutory audits
• Closed well before deadline, no
• significant findings
• AR and AP reconciliations (customer
• accounts, supplier statements)
• 100% monthly; no unreconciled items
• older than 60 days
• Bank and balance sheet
• reconciliations
• 100% completed and reviewed every
• month
• Intercompany balances
• Agreed across entities every month
• UAE e-invoicing
• Live by the regulatory go-live date
• SOPs and approval matrix for key finance processes
• Documented and in use

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant with 8–10
• years' post-qualification experience
• Hands-on month-end close,
• statutory audit and multi-entity reporting under IFRS
• Strong UAE VAT and Corporate
• Tax knowledge; GST exposure an advantage

Experience in a multi-country

• trading or distribution business preferred
• ERP experience, ideally SAP
• Business One; ERP or e-invoicing implementation a plus
• Proven team leadership across
• locations; strong communication with senior stakeholders
• Working conditions
• Based in Dubai,
• working with finance teams across time zones, with extended hours around
• month-end, audits and tax deadlines.