Financial Controller

Role Overview

• Lead the preparation and review of monthly management accounts, ensuring timely and accurate month‑end close.
• Oversee balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations and intercompany processes.
• Manage statutory reporting requirements and coordinate with external accountants and auditors for UAE and KSA entities.
• Preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for 5 entities.
• Support the integration of new acquisitions into the group’s financial processes and systems.
• Strengthen and evolve internal controls, ensuring compliance across all entities.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and reporting efficiency.
• Approve and oversee weekly and monthly payment runs, ensuring robust cash management.
• Manage and mentor the accounts team, ensuring effective delegation, workload management, and professional development.
• Foster a culture of accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Preparing SMT monthly packs and attending the meetings.
• Provide financial insight and analysis to support operational and commercial decision‑making.
• Deliver ad hoc financial modelling, project analysis, and scenario planning.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across multiple regions.
• Manage quarterly VAT returns and compliance.
• Oversee payroll administration, workplace pension schemes, and company credit card processes.
• Manage sales and purchase ledger activities, including multi‑currency invoice processing.
• Ensure accurate journal preparation and posting, including payroll, prepayments, and accruals.
• Oversee credit control and cash flow monitoring.
• Manage quarterly VAT returns, WHT, CT and compliance.
• Manage credit control and cashflow monitoring.
• Management oversight of PRO services in UAE, including visas, establishment cards, labour cards and related government documentation.
• Support CEO and GM with conforming to UAE laws and regulations.

Requirements

• ACA /ACCA/CIMA qualified with 5+ years post qualified experience
• Project accounting experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion and diplomacy
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, both written and verbally, including the ability to communicate confidently and professionally across all levels of the business
• Great attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Quick decision-making skills
• The ability to build strong working relationships across all levels of the business
• Strong work ethic with the ability to work unsupervised

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Annual Discretionary Company Bonus – up to 8%
• 3% Company & 5% Individual
• 23 days annual leave (+ public holidays), pro-rated
• Working hours will be from 09.00 to 17.30 Sunday to Thursday with an hour taken for lunch between 12.00 and 14.00