Senior Accountant
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About the Role
Hays has partnered with a Private Equity Firm in Dubai seeking a Senior Accountant to handle financial accounting and reporting for Middle East entities. The role includes month-end close, VAT compliance, and audit coordination.
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Responsibilities
- Take end‑to‑end responsibility for a portfolio of Middle East entities, ensuring accurate and timely bookkeeping, cashbook entries, expenses and payroll recording, and posting of all required month‑end transactions
- Review accounting entries and provide day‑to‑day supervision, guidance and review of work performed by more junior colleagues
- Perform balance sheet and P&L reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations with foreign group entities, as well as bank reconciliations
- Prepare annual accounts mappings, interim solvency statements and support the year‑end process
- Prepare reporting deliverables in line with group deadlines and instructions
- Analyse legal documentation to ensure appropriate accounting treatment
- Work closely with external and internal auditors, acting as the key local point of contact for audit queries
- Prepare VAT and other indirect tax returns and support follow‑up with local tax advisers/authorities
- Assist with the preparation of other regulatory and statistical returns applicable in the region
- Set up and review local and international payments in various e‑banking platforms, ensuring adequate controls and approvals
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- ACCA, CPA, CA strongly preferred
- Minimum 5 years relevant accounting experience, within Private Equity, Family Office, Investment Banking or multi entity environments
- Strong understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles
- Fluency in English is essential
- Strong Excel skills and experience with NetSuite is advantageous
- Pro active and team oriented attitude, with positive and open minded approach
- High attention to detail
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Role Overview
- Hays have partnered with a Private Equity Firm in Dubai who are seeking a Senior Accountant to support the Finance Department by handling both operational and reporting responsibilities for their group entities.
- The Senior Accountant will assume full responsibility for the financial accounting and reporting of the Middle East entities, including month‑end close, balance sheet reconciliations, VAT and other tax compliance, and coordination of statutory audits.
- This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who wishes to supervise entities under IFRS from A to Z.
Responsibilities
- Take end‑to‑end responsibility for a portfolio of Middle East entities, ensuring accurate and timely bookkeeping, cashbook entries, expenses and payroll recording, and posting of all required month‑end transactions (accruals, deferred charges, interest, loans, FX, etc.).
- Review accounting entries and provide day‑to‑day supervision, guidance and review of work performed by more junior colleagues (including those based in other locations).
- Perform balance sheet and P&L reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations with foreign group entities, as well as bank reconciliations.
- Prepare annual accounts mappings, interim solvency statements and support the year‑end process, including assessment of impairments of investments in cooperation with the Group finance team.
- Prepare reporting deliverables in line with group deadlines and instructions.
- Analyse legal documentation (sale and purchase agreements, loan agreements, intra‑group arrangements, management fee agreements, etc.) to ensure appropriate accounting treatment.
- Work closely with external and internal auditors, acting as the key local point of contact for audit queries related to the Middle East entities.
- Prepare VAT and other indirect tax returns (monthly, quarterly and annual) and support follow‑up with local tax advisers/authorities where required.
- Assist with the preparation of other regulatory and statistical returns applicable in the region.
- Set up and review local and international payments in various e‑banking platforms, ensuring adequate controls and approvals.
Requirements to apply
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field is a must.
- ACCA, CPA, CA is strongly preferred.
- Minimum 5 years relevant accounting experience, within Private Equity, Family Office, Investment Banking or multi entity environments.
- Strong understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles.
- Fluency in English is essential.
- You must have strong Excel skills and experience with NetSuite is advantageous.
- A pro active and team oriented attitude, with a positive and open minded approach.
- High attention to detail is key.
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