Accounting Manager
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About the Role
Al Emadi Enterprises seeks an Accounting Manager to oversee full accounting operations across diverse business units including automotive, F&B, retail, real estate, and trading. The role requires managing financial closing, reporting, internal controls, and team supervision.
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Responsibilities
- Manage daily accounting operations across multiple business units
- Supervise the finance team, assign work, review output, and ensure deadlines are met
- Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, supplier payments, customer receipts, intercompany transactions, accruals, prepayments, and provisions
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing and ensure all ledgers are complete, accurate, and properly supported
- Prepare and review management reports, financial statements, profit and loss reports, balance sheets, cash flow reports, and business unit performance analysis
- Monitor accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory accounting, fixed assets, cost of sales, branch accounts, and intercompany balances
- Ensure proper cost allocation between entities, branches, departments, projects, service centers, cafes, showrooms, events, and shared services
- Maintain strong controls over cash, bank accounts, petty cash, corporate credit cards, inventory, receivables, payables, and financial commitments
- Coordinate with operations, procurement, sales, warehouse, service, and branch teams to ensure correct recording of transactions
- Review bank reconciliations and support cash management reporting
- Support ERP implementation, chart of accounts standardization, finance policy rollout, and process improvement initiatives
- Coordinate with external auditors, tax advisors, banks, suppliers, customers, and internal departments
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CPA, ACCA, CMA, CA or equivalent professional qualification
- Minimum 7 to 10 years of accounting experience
- At least 5 years in a supervisory or managerial role
- Experience in a group, multi company, multi branch, or shared services finance environment
- Experience with ERP systems
- Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial reporting, month end closing, and audit requirements
- Practical understanding of inventory accounting for vehicles, spare parts, F&B stock, retail goods, and marble/stone trading
- Knowledge of fixed assets, project costing, cost allocation, intercompany accounting, and revenue recognition
- Understanding of internal controls, segregation of duties, approval matrices, and document discipline
- Strong Excel, ERP, reconciliation, and management reporting capability
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Job Purpose
- The Accounting Manager is responsible for managing the full accounting function across the group companies, ensuring accurate financial records, timely closing, strong internal controls, compliance with applicable accounting standards, and reliable reporting for management decision making.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage daily accounting operations across multiple business units, including automotive, F&B, retail, real estate, maintenance, events, car service centers, and natural stone/marble trading.
- Supervise the finance team, assign work, review output, and ensure deadlines are met without compromising accuracy or control.
- Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, supplier payments, customer receipts, intercompany transactions, accruals, prepayments, and provisions.
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing and ensure all ledgers are complete, accurate, and properly supported.
- Prepare and review management reports, financial statements, profit and loss reports, balance sheets, cash flow reports, and business unit performance analysis.
- Monitor accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory accounting, fixed assets, cost of sales, branch accounts, and intercompany balances.
- Ensure proper cost allocation between entities, branches, departments, projects, service centers, cafes, showrooms, events, and shared services.
- Maintain strong controls over cash, bank accounts, petty cash, corporate credit cards, inventory, receivables, payables, and financial commitments.
- Coordinate with operations, procurement, sales, warehouse, service, and branch teams to ensure sales, purchases, stock movements, expenses, and service revenue are correctly recorded.
- Review bank reconciliations and support cash management reporting, future payment commitment review, and daily bank tracker reporting where applicable.
- Support ERP implementation, chart of accounts standardization, finance policy rollout, and process improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate with external auditors, tax advisors, banks, suppliers, customers, and internal departments.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- CPA, ACCA, CMA, CA, or equivalent professional qualification is must.
- Minimum 7 to 10 years of accounting experience, including at least 5 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Experience in a group, multi company, multi branch, or shared services finance environment is strongly preferred.
- Experience with ERP systems is required.
Technical and Industry Knowledge
- Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial reporting, month end closing, and audit requirements.
- Practical understanding of inventory accounting for vehicles, spare parts, F&B stock, retail goods, and marble/stone trading.
- Knowledge of fixed assets, project costing, cost allocation, intercompany accounting, and revenue recognition.
- Understanding of internal controls, segregation of duties, approval matrices, and document discipline.
- Strong Excel, ERP, reconciliation, and management reporting capability.
Key Skills and Competencies
- Leadership and team development.
- Strong analytical judgment and problem solving.
- High attention to detail with ability to see the wider business impact.
- Clear communication with finance and non finance departments.
- Ability to manage deadlines, pressure, and multiple company requirements.
- Strong documentation, review, and follow up discipline.
Key Performance Indicators
- Monthly closing completed within approved deadlines.
- Accuracy and reliability of financial reports and management schedules.
- Reduction in unreconciled balances, long pending items, and unsupported transactions.
- Timely completion of audit requirements and statutory submissions.
- Compliance with finance policies, approval matrix, and internal control procedures.
- Quality of team supervision, training, and accounting process improvement.
Internal Control Expectations
- Ensure no transaction is posted without proper approval and supporting documentation.
- Ensure bank, supplier, customer, inventory, and intercompany reconciliations are reviewed and signed off on time.
- Escalate material exceptions, unusual balances, missing documents, or policy breaches to the CFO.
- Maintain proper segregation between transaction preparation, approval, posting, payment release, and reconciliation.
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