Senior Accountant

Overview

Why Copenhagen Merchants Needs You

Keeping Dubai in Balance

• Your main tasks will include:
• Daily accounting and finance operations for the Dubai entity
• Accounts receivable, invoicing and follow-up with brokers and clients
• Accounts payable, D365FO/ReadSoft, payment journals and banking workflows
• Bank reconciliations, cash flow overview and multi-currency account handling
• Monthly close, including accruals, reconciliations and P&L / balance sheet reporting to Group Finance
• VAT reporting, corporate tax support, payroll administration and salary payments
• Travel expenses, employee reimbursements, Acubiz and corporate credit card follow-up
• Support on finance-related compliance, including client onboarding, KYC and sanctions-related procedures
• Coordination with auditors, banks, external advisors and local service providers
• Ongoing improvement of local finance processes and controls
• You’ll be locally anchored in Dubai – but with close and regular contact to Group Finance in Copenhagen.
• The Kind of Person We Trust With the Numbers
• You are a reliable, structured and independent finance profile with strong hands-on accounting experience.
• We imagine you bring:
• Strong experience with accounting and operational finance
• Experience with AP, AR, bank reconciliations, payments and monthly close
• Experience with VAT reporting, payroll and basic compliance processes
• Good understanding of financial controls and reporting routines
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems – preferably Microsoft D365FO or similar
• Strong Excel skills
• Fluent English, written and spoken
• The ability to work independently in an international business environment

Experience

What You Step Into

• We offer a broad and independent finance role in an international, family-owned company with a long-term perspective.
• You’ll get:
• A role with real responsibility and local ownership
• Close collaboration with Dubai management and Group Finance in Copenhagen
• Exposure to international trading and finance operations
• A stable but entrepreneurial business environment
• The chance to help shape and improve local finance processes
• A Scandinavian-style company culture with trust, direct communication and short decision paths
• Copenhagen Merchants as a company?
• We are a global agricultural logistical and brokerage group established in Denmark in 1977.
• We are today one of the largest grain brokers in the world and ambitious to continue the journey of our growth.
• We believe strongly in our values of creating a fun and flat working environment allowing our people maximum potential to strive.
• And yes, we do have an octopus as our cultural ambassador – T.W.
• Heart.
• You don’t need to fully understand that on day one.
• Most of us didn’t either.

Location

Scope: Full-time