Accounting Manager

Overview

• Finance is central to deal profitability and commercial decision making
• Chance to make a visible impact in a fast growing, entrepreneurial environment

About Our Client

Job Description

• Own all accounting operations across multiple international entities, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timeliness
• Manage and maintain the ERP system, including chart of accounts, cost centres, and entity structures
• Oversee all accounts payable, accounts receivable, and expense postings
• Execute and control supplier, vendor, and expense payments across multi-currency bank accounts
• Maintain clean, reconciled supplier and customer ledgers at all times
• Actively manage monthly close processes, ensuring on time and error free reporting
• Review, challenge, and control expenses to ensure accurate cost allocation by deal and entity
• Perform detailed P&L reviews to ensure deal level margin accuracy
• Track and analyse cost per deal, identifying margin leakage and recommending corrective actions
• Build and maintain real time cash flow visibility aligned to trading cycles
• Optimise working capital through payment term management, collections, and cash timing strategies
• Manage FX exposure across multiple currencies, including booking and tracking forward contracts
• Monitor FX gains and losses and assess impact on deal margins
• Perform regular bank and balance sheet reconciliations with zero outstanding items
• Act as the primary finance contact with banking partners
• Prepare monthly management reports including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statements
• Manage intercompany accounting, reconciliations, and documentation across regions
• Ensure accurate VAT filings and coordinate international tax compliance with external advisors
• Maintain audit ready financial records and supporting documentation
• Continuously improve finance processes, controls, and reporting as the business scales

The Successful Applicant

• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or equivalent
• 4 to 8 years of experience in accounting roles within trading, distribution, or multi entity environments
• Proven experience managing intercompany accounting across different jurisdictions
• Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and exposure to international tax environments
• Experience working with ERP systems, ideally Odoo or similar
• Hands on experience executing payments and managing cash, not just recording transactions
• Strong understanding of multi-currency accounting and FX exposure
• Demonstrated ability to improve cash flow, control costs, and protect margins
• Candidates must be based in the UAE (preference for immediately available candidates)

What's On Offer

• Opportunity to build and own the finance function within a growing international business
• High level of autonomy and visibility with senior leadership
• Exposure to complex, deal driven trading activity across global markets
• Clear scope for progression as the business scales

Contact: Cheyenne Coutinho