Group Accountant (Chartered Accountant / ACCA) — Dubai

Ultrafilter is a European manufacturer of industrial and sterile filters with companies in Europe, the UAE and India. We are building our group finance function in Dubai and are hiring our Group Accountant.

What you will do:

Keep the books of our group companies on one system (Germany, UK, Switzerland, UAE and India)

Close every month by working day 10 for every entity, with a short group pack, including identification of extraordinary / non-recurring items

Prepare the weekly payment run for approval and answer supplier and customer account queries

Invoice intercompany services every month and keep intercompany balances reconciled

Handle VAT, GST and corporate-tax filings with our tax advisors in each country, including EmaraTax in the UAE

Run the monthly Dubai payroll (WPS) and a weekly 13-week cash forecast; review payment terms on invoices

Support year-end and audits for all entities

You bring:

Chartered Accountant (e.g. ICAI) or ACCA

3 to 6 years' experience, including multi-entity, multi-currency bookkeeping

Monthly close done alone, including bank reconciliation and payment runs

Intercompany accounting and VAT in more than one country

Cloud accounting or ERP finance module experience and strong Excel

Fluent written and spoken English

Nice to have:

Reading German (we work with DATEV exports from Germany)

UAE VAT and corporate-tax filings on EmaraTax

Manufacturing or inventory accounting

A finance-system migration or implementation

We offer:

AED 12,000 - 16,000 per month, tax-free, depending on experience

Employment visa, medical insurance, 30 days' annual leave, end-of-service gratuity, annual flight

Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 18:00, office in Business Bay

A hands-on role in a small, owner-managed group

Please include a paragraph on your background and prior work responsibility, including the largest group you have closed the month for. The second interview includes a practical month-end exercise.

Skills

Chartered Accountant / ACCA, month-end close, multi-entity group accounting, intercompany reconciliation, VAT (UAE, EU, UK), EmaraTax, bank reconciliation, payment runs, cash-flow forecasting, ERP / cloud accounting, Excel