Assistant Director - Accounting

About the Position: Wynn Al Marjan Island is currently seeking an Assistant Director of Accounting to join our Finance Team. The primary duties and responsibilities of this role are: • Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring reporting is accurate, complete, supported, and delivered within the approved close calendar. • Prepare and review standalone and consolidated financial statements with IFRS and applicable statutory and internal reporting requirements. • Own the consolidation process, including intercompany reconciliations, elimination entries, foreign currency considerations, and review of reporting packages. • Prepare statements of cash flows, including reconciliation of movements in cash and cash equivalents. • Oversee the general ledger and ensure that journal entries, accruals, prepayments, allocations, and account reconciliations are properly prepared, reviewed, approved, and retained. • Maintain balance sheet integrity through timely completion and review of detailed account reconciliations, supporting schedules, aging analyses, and resolution of reconciling items. • Review fixed asset accounting, including construction-in-progress reviews, capitalization assessments, componentization, asset transfers, disposals, impairment considerations, useful-life reviews, and depreciation. • Ensure appropriate classification of capital and operating expenditure, particularly during the transition from pre-opening development activity to post-opening operations. • Prepare and analyze financial statements, management reports, income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key account movements for Finance leadership. • Develop and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and close controls aligned with IFRS, corporate requirements, and operational needs. • Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Treasury, Tax, Procurement, FP&A, IT, and operating departments to ensure complete and accurate accounting. • Responsible for the completion of statutory, internal, and regulatory audits by coordinating information requests, preparing schedules, resolving audit queries, and implementing agreed actions. • Drive process improvements, standardization, automation, and reduction of manual journals and spreadsheet-dependent activities. • Provide technical accounting guidance on complex transactions and prepare accounting position papers and memoranda when required. • Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, establish clear responsibilities, and create succession and cross-training plans for critical activities. • Perform any other duties and responsibilities assigned by senior Finance management. • Build effective working relationships with operational departments, banks, auditors, tax advisers, consultants, and Group Finance teams. • Promote a culture of accountability, accuracy, service, confidentiality, and continuous improvement within the Finance function. • Ensure financial information is handled in accordance with company policies, delegated authorities, and data-confidentiality requirements. • Support the resort s transition to post-opening operations by ensuring accounting processes, resources, systems, and controls are scalable for increased transaction volumes. About You: The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications: • A professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or ACA is required. • Bachelor s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline. A relevant master s degree is an advantage. • 10+ years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience. Experience in hospitality, integrated resorts, gaming, real estate, or another high-volume multi-entity environment is advantageous. • Prior experience with a Big Four accounting firm is an added advantage. • Demonstrated ability to independently prepare complete financial statements, including notes and supporting schedules. • Strong knowledge of IFRS, period-end closing, general ledger accounting, internal controls, audit requirements, and financial reporting. • Advanced proficiency in ERP and financial reporting systems and advanced Excel skills are required. Experience with Oracle or a comparable enterprise platform is preferred.