Senior Financial Accountant, Asia

Technical accounting and financial compliance

• Act as a subject matter expert in IFRS and complex accounting matters, including cut-off, accruals, provisions, foreign exchange impacts and other significant estimates.

• Support the consistent application of Group accounting policies, reporting instructions and financial control requirements across the UAE, Singapore and India and within the Shared Service Centre.

• Identify accounting and reporting risks and support the development of practical controls and corrective actions.

• Prepare accounting assessments and ad hoc analyses for the VP and management.

Audit and statutory reporting support

• Coordinate accounting-related audit requests and support the timely resolution of accounting issues and audit findings.

• Support statutory reporting and other financial compliance deliverables in cooperation with local finance teams and external advisers in the UAE, Singapore and India.

• Ensure that significant accounting assessments and supporting documentation are complete, clear and audit-ready.

Process development and finance transformation

Shared Service Centre leadership

• Lead and coordinate the Shared Service Centre, including work allocation, service quality, delivery timeliness, issue resolution, stakeholder cooperation and continuous improvement.
  Participate in standardization, automation and finance transformation initiatives.

• Support integrations, restructurings and other special projects from an accounting, reporting and financial analysis perspective.

• Contribute proactively to Financial Controlling and Compliance teamwork and perform other tasks defined by management.

How success is measured

• Complete, accurate and timely monthly and annual reporting submissions.

• No material accounting or reporting errors and limited post-close adjustments.

• Significant accounting assessments completed on time.

• Shared Service Centre deliverables completed accurately and within agreed timelines.

• High-quality balance sheet reconciliations and reduction of aged or unsupported items.

• Timely completion of statutory reporting and audit deliverables.

• Effective resolution of accounting issues and audit findings.

• Completion of agreed reporting-development, control and finance-improvement actions.

• Contribution to automation and finance transformation deliverables.

• Positive stakeholder feedback from finance teams in the UAE, Singapore and India, Shared Service Centre stakeholders, Group Finance, Business Control and auditors.

Your profile

• Relevant degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related discipline.

• Several years of experience in financial accounting, Group reporting, audit or a comparable role in an international environment.

• Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial reporting, statutory compliance and balance sheet accounting.

• Ability to assess complex accounting matters, document conclusions clearly and translate financial information into practical insights.

• Experience in monthly and annual closing, financial statement preparation, reconciliations and audit cooperation.

• Analytical and detail-oriented way of working, combined with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with confidence to challenge accounting treatments constructively, support local finance teams and coordinate Shared Service Center delivery.

• Experience in reporting tools, ERP systems, automation or finance transformation is considered an advantage.

• Fluent written and spoken English; other relevant language skills are an advantage.

• A proactive, improvement-oriented mindset and willingness to take ownership of accounting, reporting and Shared Service Centre topics.