Head of Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting -MENAT
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About the Role
HSBC is seeking a senior Finance leader to oversee financial accounting and reporting for HBME and MENAT entities in Dubai. The role requires deep IFRS expertise, leadership of accounting-to-reporting processes, and engagement with regulators and auditors.
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Responsibilities
- Own and govern the accounting to reporting process, ensuring IFRS compliant accounting outcomes
- Drive consistent application of Group accounting policies and provide technical accounting advice
- Oversee key accounting activities performed onshore/offshore
- Ensure timely reconciliation of key accounts
- Identify recurring breaks and drive root cause fixes
- Hands on delivery with coaching to build a resilient, high performing team
- Drive collaboration across Finance and wider functions
- Senior Finance interface for regional accounting and reporting
- Engage with external auditors and local regulators on accounting and reporting matters
- Identify, manage and mitigate accounting and financial reporting risks
- Maintain an effective control framework over accounting to reporting activities
Requirements
- Graduate or postgraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
- Member of a professional accounting body (e.g., ACA, CPA)
- Deep subject matter expertise in financial accounting and reporting, including IFRS
- Proven leadership experience building, developing and motivating teams
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Experience working with regulators
- Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver change
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Job Purpose
- This is a senior Finance leadership role accountable for end to end financial accounting and financial reporting for HBME and its branches, including accounting and financial reporting expertise and delivery support to other MENAT regional entities.
- The role leads to the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant internal and external financial reporting, while shaping an efficient operating model that strengthens controls, improves data quality, reporting consistency and supports evolving regulatory, disclosure and technology requirements.
- The role partners closely with senior management in country and regionally, Global Financial Reporting, Global Finance Operations, lines of business, Risk, Regulators and External Auditors.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Own and govern the accounting to reporting process, ensuring IFRS compliant accounting outcomes and a robust, well controlled period end close (monthly/ quarterly/ annual) process.
- Drive consistent application of Group accounting policies and provide technical accounting advice on new products, asset transfers, and emerging requirements.
- Ensure operational/transactional accounting requirements are appropriately executed and evidenced with a clear audit trail.
- Oversee key accounting activities performed onshore/offshore (e.g., accruals, prepayments, provisions, recharges, intercompany/inter branch, suspense/clearing accounts, manual journals).
- Ensure correct mapping to chart of accounts and reporting lines.
- Ensure timely reconciliation of key accounts (nostro, suspense, intercompany, control accounts) and that reconciling items are investigated, aged, resolved and evidenced.
- Identify recurring breaks (posting errors, late feeds, mapping issues), drive root cause fixes with upstream teams/Finance Ops/IT, and track remediation to closure.
- Hands on delivery with coaching to build a resilient, high performing team.
- Drive collaboration across Finance and wider functions to deliver shared outcomes, deploying resources effectively across onshore/offshore.
- Foster an inclusive growth culture focused on continuous learning, future skills and a clear succession pipeline, encouraging early escalation and constructive challenge.
- Senior Finance interface for regional accounting and reporting with broad exposure to Local, Regional and Group senior management.
- Extensive engagement with country sub finance leads (e.g., Business Finance, Tax, Treasury), Global Financial Reporting, Global Finance Operations, Risk, Compliance and Assurance functions.
Experience & Qualifications
- A graduation degree is essential for obtaining a UAE visa and work permit.
- Graduate or postgraduate degree (preferably Accounting, Finance or related discipline).
- Member of a professional accounting body (e.g., ACA, CPA).
- Deep subject matter expertise in financial accounting and reporting, including IFRS and strong understanding of controls and governance.
- Proven leadership experience building, developing and motivating teams; ability to operate effectively as a hands on leader.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including ability to influence without authority at senior levels across country, region and Group.
- Experience working with regulators and maintaining effective relationships; confident communicator able to explain accounting and risk matters in business language.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver change (process improvement, operating model evolution, and system/reporting enhancements).
- Strong analytical capability to improve data quality and reporting insight through review and challenge.
About HSBC
- HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count.
- We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working, and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment.
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