Chief Accountant + Tax
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About the Role
Deluxe Holiday Homes is hiring a hands-on Chief Accountant + Tax in Dubai to own month-end close, Corporate Tax and VAT, and external audit across group entities. Requires a qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CA) with 5+ years of experience, including UAE Corporate Tax and VAT filing.
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Responsibilities
- Own the month end close calendar and deliver closed books on deadline across all entities
- Review and sign off journals, reconciliations and the trial balance before consolidation
- Prepare clean consolidation inputs for the Financial Controller’s management pack
- File Corporate Tax and VAT in house, accurately and on time; keep CT / VAT and JV transfer pricing working papers
- Lead the external audit (Deloitte) end to end — prepare the file, manage queries, deliver signed financials
- Be the primary point of contact for banks and the FTA on accounts, facilities and correspondence
- Run the controls framework — segregation of duties and payment approval routing
- Keep intercompany balances reconciled and correctly eliminated on consolidation
- Oversee the Dubai cash control framework: GRO handover reconciliation and deposit discipline
- Supervise the Senior Accountant (Dubai) and the accounting team (Armenia); review their work
- Maintain the fixed asset register, accruals and prepayment schedules
- Ensure statutory and licence linked filings are met on time
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent) with 5+ years, including a senior or chief accountant role
- Hands on UAE Corporate Tax and VAT — you have filed both yourself, not only reviewed
- Strong month end close, consolidation and intercompany across multiple entities
- Audit firm or audited company background — you can run a Deloitte level audit end to end
- UAE resident, comfortable fronting banks and the FTA; strong written English
- Decisive operator — you make the calls in your remit and report after
- AI tools used daily (ChatGPT, Claude) to draft, reconcile and check
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Role Overview
- We are looking for a qualified, hands on Chief Accountant + Tax to own month end close, Corporate Tax and VAT, and the external audit across all group entities.
- You keep the books clean, the filings on time, and the auditors, banks and the FTA properly handled.
- This is a hands on ownership role, not review only.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the month end close calendar and deliver closed books on deadline across all entities.
- Review and sign off journals, reconciliations and the trial balance before consolidation.
- Prepare clean consolidation inputs for the Financial Controller’s management pack.
- File Corporate Tax and VAT in house, accurately and on time; keep CT / VAT and JV transfer pricing working papers.
- Lead the external audit (Deloitte) end to end — prepare the file, manage queries, deliver signed financials.
- Be the primary point of contact for banks and the FTA on accounts, facilities and correspondence.
- Run the controls framework — segregation of duties and payment approval routing.
- Keep intercompany balances reconciled and correctly eliminated on consolidation.
- Oversee the Dubai cash control framework: GRO handover reconciliation and deposit discipline.
- Supervise the Senior Accountant (Dubai) and the accounting team (Armenia); review their work.
- Maintain the fixed asset register, accruals and prepayment schedules.
- Ensure statutory and licence linked filings are met on time.
Required Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent) with 5+ years, including a senior or chief accountant role.
- Hands on UAE Corporate Tax and VAT — you have filed both yourself, not only reviewed.
- Strong month end close, consolidation and intercompany across multiple entities.
- Audit firm or audited company background — you can run a Deloitte level audit end to end.
- UAE resident, comfortable fronting banks and the FTA; strong written English.
- Decisive operator — you make the calls in your remit and report after. We will reference check this.
- AI tools used daily (ChatGPT, Claude) to draft, reconcile and check. Not optional in 2026.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hospitality, real estate or property management sector experience.
- Guesty, ERPNext or a similar PMS / ERP finance environment.
- Experience supervising a remote (e.g. Armenia) accounting team.
- Group / multi entity and joint venture accounting.
- Arabic for dealing with authorities.
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