​Charterhouse are currently supporting a leading client within the Project Development and Contracting space, whom are looking to hire a Financial Accountant to support their regional business entities managed from their UAE branch in Sharjah.

About the role
With a reporting line to the Finance Director, this Senior 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 role will also be focused across 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 role will also require a candidate whom can oversee a fixed asset register whilst also developing financial and variance analysis-based reporting tools.

About you
Our client is looking to hire a part-qualified or recently qualified Accountant, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience, along with an ability 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 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 and their operation requires a self-starter candidate, whom is able to develop accounting policies, reporting controls and IT systems linked to financial reports and consolidation