Financial Accountant

Job description

​Charterhouse are currently supporting a leading client, within the trade finance and logistics sector, whom are in the process of looking to hire a Financial Accountant to support their regional business entities managed from their Dubai branch.

About the role
With a reporting line to the Regional Finance & Administration Manager, this Accountant shall oversee and manage all areas of financial accounting, whilst also developing any accounting best practice to ensure accurate and timely reporting along with adherence to audit policies. This Accountant will also be focused on the consolidation of accounts to support both financial analysis and management accounting including P&L, cashflow control and receivables management. This role will also support VAT filing and the oversight of payables and invoicing. In conjunction, this Financial Accountant role shall also oversee the administration support of trade finance activities and business documentation within the supply chain operation.

About you
Our client will look to recruit a part-qualified or newly qualified Accountant whom is able to demonstrate a background within transactional accounting and reporting-based finance functions. Applicants shall be required to understand audit and IFRS-related principles whilst being able to work across ERP systems and accounting packages (Microsoft Dynamics NAV) to a high level of accuracy and efficiency. To ensure strong reports, this role will require a strong Excel proficiency to develop areas of financial analysis and business controls. The nature of this client, at a start-up stage, requires a self-starter candidate whom is able to develop accounting policies, reporting controls and IT systems linked to financial reports and consolidation.