Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager will lead and own the end-to-end finance function for a fast paced, deal driven trading business based in Dubai. This role is hands on and commercially focused, responsible for ensuring accurate financial control while actively improving cash flow, margins, and operational efficiency across multiple international entities.

Client Details

Our client operates within the global B2B trading and distribution space, executing high value transactions across multiple international markets. The business is entrepreneurial, data led, and growing quickly, with finance playing a critical role in deal execution, profitability, and risk management

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

Profile

· 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)

Job 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