Assistant Financial Controller

About Airswift

Role Description

Financial Reporting and Close

• Support month-end and year-end close processes for Middle East entities.
• Analyze financial results and investigate significant variances.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and regional reporting packs.
• Ensure compliance with Group accounting policies and IFRS requirements.
• Coordinate annual statutory financial statements and related disclosures.

Audit and Controls

• Coordinate audit requirements across multiple Middle East entities and liaise with internal and external auditors.
• Prepare audit schedules, supporting documentation, and technical accounting analysis.
• Monitor billing, payroll, payment processes, staff costs, overheads, and other controllable items.
• Identify anomalies, risks, and control gaps and support stronger internal controls.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and resolve accounting issues proactively.

Tax, Treasury, and Business Partnering

• Support regional Corporate Tax, VAT, and withholding tax compliance and review related calculations and returns.
• Monitor local cash positions and working capital performance with the Group Treasury team.
• Support annual budgets, quarterly reforecasting, and commercial analysis.
• Provide financial insight to Regional Directors and Country Managers and explain results to non-finance stakeholders.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Experience in accounting, audit, or financial control roles.
• Demonstrable experience managing external audits.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, accrual accounting principles, and financial controls.
• Strong understanding of billing and payroll processes.
• Experience preparing management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, or similar ERP systems.
• Experience driving process improvements and strengthening financial controls.

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of OneStream is preferred but not required.
• Prior experience within a multinational organization operating across multiple jurisdictions is preferred.
• The role requires effective, professional communication with finance and non-finance colleagues and confidence challenging existing processes.

Compensation

• The employer advertises an attractive monthly base salary plus competitive commission or performance bonus.

Benefits and Culture

• The employer highlights career progression, training and development, a team-driven environment, work-life balance, career breaks, recognition, mental health support, destination trips, and charity days.
• The stated core values are Growth, Life, Excellence, and Integrity.