RR GL REPORTING LEAD

Role Purpose

Scope and Leadership Accountability

• Own the Group R2R operating model and its seven workstreams: GL; closing/reporting; intercompany; consolidation; IFRS/technical accounting; fixed assets; and inventory/costing.
• Manage the assigned shared-services R2R team, allocate close tasks, perform independent reviews, coach staff and define backups for critical close and reporting activities.
• Issue common policies, chart-of-accounts mapping, templates, reconciliations, close checklists and reporting standards across business units despite differing ERP platforms.
• Provide functional direction and deadline tracking to BU finance teams; BU FMs retain ownership of local books, underlying evidence and transaction accuracy until responsibilities are formally transferred to the hub.
• Maintain disciplined maker-checker approvals, segregation of duties, audit trails, issue logs and a formal escalation/close-reopening process.

GL and Close Responsibilities

• Own GL governance: chart of accounts and segment mapping, posting rules, journal standards, period controls, accounting master data and standardized trial balance structures.
• Oversee recurring and adjustment journals for accruals, provisions, prepayments, payroll, interest, allocations, revenue/cost cut-off, reclassifications and opening-balance corrections.
• Ensure all material balance-sheet accounts have timely reconciliations with supporting schedules.
• Review unusual entries, manual journals and reversals; challenge unsupported balances and clear aged reconciling items.
• Design and execute the approved Group Close Calendar, with an operating objective of Group consolidated reporting by D+7.
• Produce monthly actuals and reporting packs covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flows, key movements, gross margin/costing, working capital, exception logs and commentary on material accounting variances.
• Lead quarter-end and year-end close requirements, audit schedules, group disclosure packs and closure of audit findings.

Intercompany and Consolidation

• Maintain a complete intercompany matrix, counterparties, account mapping, transaction types and matching/confirmation procedures for all Group entities.
• Enforce monthly bilateral matching of receivables/payables, sales/purchases, management charges, financing, accrued interest, asset transfers and other related-party movements.
• Investigate timing, FX, document, VAT and cut-off mismatches with BU FMs; maintain an aged dispute tracker.
• Prepare or independently review intercompany elimination schedules, including unrealized intra-group profit in inventory and fixed assets where applicable.
• Lead entity-level TB collection, mapping validation and the controlled consolidation model across business units and legal entities using different accounting systems.
• Prepare Group consolidated P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow statement, changes in equity and supporting schedules, with full reconciliation to the submitted entity-level accounts.

IFRS and Technical Accounting

• Act as the Group R2R technical accounting focal point and custodian of a practical, consistently applied IFRS Accounting Policy Manual, subject to Head/CFO approval.
• Research, document and review significant accounting judgments on revenue recognition (IFRS 15), expected credit losses (IFRS 9), leases (IFRS 16), consolidation (IFRS 10), inventory (IAS 2), property/plant/equipment (IAS 16), FX (IAS 21), impairment (IAS 36), provisions (IAS 37) and related-party d
• Provide written technical assessments for automotive trading/export cut-off, vehicle buy-back structures, rental fleet classification, residual values, depreciation, inventory-to-PPE transfers, asset disposals and repair/workshop WIP.
• Identify changes to standards and lead readiness planning for IFRS 18 financial statement presentation effective for annual periods beginning 1 January 2027.
• Prepare technical position papers and accounting treatment recommendations; refer material or complex positions for independent review and approval.

Fixed Assets and Inventory Costing

• Govern the Group fixed asset register, asset classes, asset IDs, capitalization rules, construction-in-progress, asset transfers, disposals, write-offs and book-to-register reconciliations.
• Own the consistency and review of depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values; assess prospective changes in estimates, impairment indicators and gains/losses on disposal.
• Oversee periodic physical verification, asset tagging, impairment reviews and reconciliation of fleet/operational systems to the financial ledger.
• Establish standard inventory and costing policies for car trading/export, dealership stock, spare parts, workshops, logistics and any other applicable business lines.
• Validate vehicle-level/VIN-level landed cost and cost-of-sales recognition, including eligible purchase, freight, customs and directly attributable costs.
• Control goods-in-transit, GRNI, inventory movement, sales/COGS cut-off, physical counts, stock adjustments, obsolescence, aging and lower-of-cost-and-net-realizable-value assessment.
• Oversee workshop job-card WIP, parts and labor costing, eligible overhead allocation and prompt transfer to COGS upon job completion.
• Review unit-level gross margins, negative-margin transactions, unexplained cost variances and cost allocations.

Transformation and Governance

• Build and execute a phased R2R centralization plan without waiting for a single ERP rollout; standardize outputs and controls first, then progressively transfer activities and system access.
• Own R2R SOPs, standard reconciliation templates, close packages, consolidation instructions, fixed-asset procedures, inventory costing and intercompany protocols.
• Partner with Finance Systems/IT to harmonize chart-of-accounts segments, mappings, reporting dimensions, controls and automated reconciliations across current and future ERP platforms.
• Develop a recurring R2R dashboard showing close milestone compliance, reconciliation status, intercompany exceptions, unresolved TB issues, reporting changes and audit findings.
• Provide technical coaching, cross-training, succession/backup coverage and performance feedback; identify capability gaps and recommend resource allocations.

Mandatory Deliverables

Decision Rights and Ownership Boundaries

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; ACCA, CPA, CA, ACA or equivalent professional accounting qualification strongly preferred.
• Typically 7+ years of progressive accounting and reporting experience, including at least 3 years in a senior GL, consolidation, R2R or financial-control leadership role.
• Demonstrable delivery of consolidated IFRS financial statements, multi-entity close governance and technical accounting judgments in complex groups.
• Practical experience in inventory/cost accounting and fixed assets; automotive trading, rent-a-car, distribution, workshops, logistics or other asset-intensive businesses advantageous.
• Experience working across mixed ERP landscapes (e.g., Oracle NetSuite, SAP or equivalent), advanced Excel and reporting/BI tools; exposure to ERP migration or shared-services implementation desirable.
• Strong English communication, audit coordination, project management and cross-functional stakeholder influence; UAE/GCC regulatory and tax-environment familiarity advantageous.