Chief Accountant

• Oversee the preparation and analysis of financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations. • Manage the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely reporting and reconciliation of accounts. • Implement and maintain internal controls to safeguard company assets and improve financial processes. • Lead the budgeting and forecasting activities, collaborating with department heads to align financial goals with operational strategies. • Accounting Expertise: 8–10 years of UAE experience as a Chief Accountant in well-established corporate organization, with strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and financial management. • Problem-Solving and Initiative: Proactive and self-motivated, ability to resolve issues, take ownership of responsibilities, and ensure timely follow-up and closure of outstanding matters. • Leadership and Team Management: Supervise the accounts team and accounting function, guide the accounts team, allocate tasks, review performance, and meet deadlines. • Independent Working Ability: Take ownership of responsibilities and deliver results with minimal supervision. • Financial Closing and General Ledger: Review and Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closing, journal entries, accruals, provisions, prepayments, reconciliations, GL and financial statements. • Interdepartmental and Supplier Coordination: Coordinate effectively with suppliers, HR, Procurement, Operations, International Private Offices, and other departments. • Cash Flow Management: Monitor and update daily bank balances, process local and int’l payments, including salary payments, bank reconciliations, forecast cash flow, and identify funding shortfalls in advance. • Financial Reporting and Analysis: Prepare management reports, analyze financial performance, monitor budgets, investigate variances, and highlight financial risks. • Internal Controls, Audit and Compliance: Maintain accounting controls and policies, coordinate internal and external audits, and ensure compliance with applicable tax and regulatory requirements. • ERP and System Implementation: Support new accounting system implementation, review chart of accounts, validate opening balances and migrated data, conduct testing, and improve reporting accuracy. • Group Consolidation: Manage intercompany transactions, reconcile group entity balances, and prepare consolidated reports where applicable. • Accounts Payable and Receivable from client: Monitor supplier payments, collections from client, outstanding balances, ageing reports, and payment obligations. • Petty Cash and Debit Card Control: Monitor petty cash and company debit card expenses, verify supporting documents, reconcile transactions, and enforce approved limits. • Fixed Assets and Property Accounting: Maintain asset registers and accurately record property transactions, rental income, Dividend income, and related expenses. • Budget and Cost Control: Monitor expenditure against approved budgets, investigate variances, identify savings, and recommend cost-control measures. • Payment Verification and Approval: Verify invoices, purchase orders, LPOs, approvals, supporting documents, and account codes before processing payments. • VAT and Corporate Tax: Ensure timely tax filings, reconcile tax accounts, maintain supporting records, and coordinate with tax consultants. • Procedures and Documentation: Maintain accounting SOPs, closing checklists, reconciliation schedules, reporting deadlines, and organized financial records. • Management Escalation: Promptly report overdue receivables, unreconciled balances, unusual transactions, budget overruns, cash flow issues, and other financial risks. • Confidentiality and Data Security: Protect confidential financial and banking information