Chief Accountant-GCC

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the regional accounting function and ensure complete, accurate and timely books and records.
• Supervise GL, AR, AP, treasury and cost-control resources and provide technical guidance to junior accountants.
• Review receivables, payables, bank, cash, intercompany, tax, payroll and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Coordinate statutory accounting, tax, VAT, WHT, e-invoicing and external audit support.
• Prepare or review management reporting packs, trial balances, balance-sheet schedules and variance explanations.
• Partner with FP&A, Commercial, Operations, Procurement, HR/Payroll, Legal and project teams.
• Act as an escalation point for complex reconciliations, unusual transactions and cross-functional accounting issues.

Close and Reporting

• Own the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close calendar and submit schedules, journals and reconciliations by deadline.
• Ensure proper cut-off for revenue, costs, AP, AR, payroll, inventory, WIP, accruals, prepayments and other balance-sheet items.
• Investigate unusual balances and material movements and maintain audit-ready working papers.
• Support management, statutory and external reporting requirements.

IFRS and Compliance

• Apply Group accounting policies and relevant IFRS requirements consistently.
• Support IFRS 15 revenue recognition and project accounting where applicable.
• Apply appropriate treatment for provisions, expected credit losses, leases, foreign exchange, inventory, fixed assets and intercompany balances.
• Maintain evidence of local tax, VAT, WHT and e-invoicing compliance and escalate material accounting judgments.

ERP, Data and Automation

• Use Odoo or another ERP as the system of record and maintain dimensions, projects, cost centers, analytic accounts and master data.
• Use Excel and, where available, Power Query, Power Pivot, Tableau or reporting tools to automate reconciliations and recurring reports.
• Participate in ERP testing, UAT, master-data governance and accounting process improvements.

Internal Controls and Risk

• Comply with approval matrices, segregation of duties, access controls and documented accounting procedures.
• Maintain supporting documentation and an audit trail for transactions and adjustments.
• Identify control failures, unusual transactions, duplicate payments, unsupported balances or fraud indicators and escalate them.
• Support internal and external audits and close audit findings within agreed timelines.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting qualification with IFRS expertise is mandatory.
• Typically 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP systems such as Odoo or SAP are relevant to the role.
• Experience with regional accounting teams and GCC or Middle East statutory environments is desirable.
• Fluent professional English is required; Arabic is advantageous for regional roles.

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