Manager - Accounting & Finance Operations - Managed Services
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About the Role
KPMG is seeking a qualified Manager to lead and grow its Accounting and Finance Operations Managed Services practice in the UAE. The role involves driving business development, managing client relationships, and overseeing delivery of finance and accounting outsourcing engagements.
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Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new business opportunities for Accounting and Finance Operations Managed Services in UAE
- Build strong relationships with existing and prospective clients including CFOs and finance directors
- Lead client discussions, proposal development, commercial negotiations, and presentations
- Lead and supervise the delivery of finance and accounting outsourcing engagements
- Guide delivery teams in accounting, reporting, FP&A, AP, AR, GL, reconciliations, and payroll accounting
- Ensure timely, accurate, and high quality service delivery in line with agreed service levels
- Drive process improvements, standardization, automation, and efficiency across engagements
- Support development of the practice including service offerings, pricing models, and operating procedures
- Contribute to building tools, templates, dashboards, SOPs, and reporting packs
- Support recruitment, training, mentoring, and performance development of team members
Requirements
- Qualified accounting professional (CA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent)
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field
- Minimum 10 to 12 years of relevant experience
- Prior experience with a consulting firm or professional services firm in UAE
- Strong knowledge of accounting and finance operations
- Proven experience in business development and client relationship management
- Strong understanding of the UAE market and regulatory environment
- Experience in leading finance outsourcing or managed services engagements
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience with ERP systems, accounting platforms, and reporting dashboards is an advantage
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Role Summary
- KPMG LG is looking for a qualified and experienced Manager to lead and grow its Accounting and Finance Operations Managed Services practice.
- The role is suited for a candidate with strong consulting firm experience in UAE, a solid understanding of finance and accounting operations, and hands on experience in outsourcing or managed services delivery.
- The Senior Manager will be responsible for driving business development, managing client relationships, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring high quality execution of finance and accounting outsourcing engagements.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new business opportunities for Accounting and Finance Operations Managed Services in UAE.
- Build strong relationships with existing and prospective clients, including CFOs, finance directors, business owners, and senior management.
- Lead client discussions, proposal development, commercial negotiations, and presentation of KPMG’s managed services offerings.
- Work closely with Partners and Directors to develop market strategies, account plans, and go to market propositions.
- Support cross selling of related services such as CFO support, FP&A, payroll, procurement operations, ERP support, accounting advisory, and finance transformation.
- Lead and supervise the delivery of finance and accounting outsourcing engagements.
- Guide delivery teams in areas such as Accounting and Reporting, Financial statements and consolidation, period closing, FP&A, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, reconciliations, management reporting and payroll accounting.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and high quality service delivery in line with agreed service levels and client expectations.
- Review deliverables, resolve technical and operational issues, and provide practical guidance to the team.
- Drive process improvements, standardisation, automation, and efficiency across engagements.
- Support the development of KPMG LG’s Accounting and Finance Operations Managed Services practice.
- Help design service offerings, pricing models, delivery structures, operating procedures, and quality control frameworks.
Required Qualifications
- Qualified accounting professional, such as CA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 to 12 years of relevant experience, preferably with strong exposure to consulting, advisory, outsourcing, or managed services.
- Prior experience with a consulting firm or professional services firm in UAE is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of accounting and finance operations, including financial close, reporting, reconciliations, AP, AR, GL, payroll accounting, and management reporting.
Required Experience and Skills
- Proven experience in business development and client relationship management.
- Strong understanding of the UAE market, including client needs, regulatory environment, and finance operating models.
- Experience in leading finance outsourcing, accounting managed services, finance transformation, or shared services engagements.
- Ability to guide and manage delivery teams across multiple clients and workstreams.
- Strong commercial acumen, including proposal preparation, pricing, budgeting, and engagement profitability.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem solving ability and hands on approach to resolving delivery challenges.
- Ability to manage senior client stakeholders and internal leadership expectations.
- Experience with ERP systems, accounting platforms, workflow tools, and reporting dashboards will be an advantage.
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