Kearney, ME Finance Manager
About the job
As a Finance Manager in Kearney's Dubai office, you will support the local leadership and consultants with a focus predominantly on Activate (MSE, Execute & Prokura).
Reporting directly to the MEA Finance Director, you will be responsible for managing the key areas of the unit finance function, including General ledger management (including managing month/year end closing), cost analysis, management reporting, and ensuring integrity and compliance with internal and external rules and regulations. In addition, you will have indirect management of a senior team of (5).
Key responsibilities
Accounting
- Manages financial accounting and reporting activities including activities to promote and implement best practice, both for IFRS and local GAAP reporting.
- Ensures month end, quarter end and year end are closed accurately and on time.
- Ensures compliance with internal controls and policies as well as regulatory and statutory requirements. Ensures correct revenue recognition for various forms of client engagements per company policy
- Supports working capital improvement by closely following the Work in Progress and Account Receivables as well as interacting with other members of the finance team to smooth the administrative processes.
- Shares knowledge with peers and actively participate in finance projects.
- Project management Support, RFP and proposal support (providing guidance on impact of VAT and WHT) and more general support to leadership where needed.
- Assists in the preparation and review of reports which summarize and forecast business activities and financial position of each legal entity, Unit, Industry Practice.
- Executes IFRS-GAAP and local GAAP accounting policies and procedures and ensures compliance. Ensures month-end account reconciliation in agreed areas are performed (and those around Inventory and AR).
- Completion and reviews of various year-end accounting packages. Interfaces with both Internal and External audit functions for both IFRS, local GAAP, or other local reporting purposes.
- Assistance with internal/external audits around all areas where necessary and generally support the Finance Director.
- Manages key accounting activities including but not limited to GL, WIP, AR, treasury management, Tax Reporting and related matters. Ensures timely processing and reporting.
- Monthly expense/cost variance analysis
- Manages all balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring that supporting papers are available to support balances.
Management
- Providing support, information, and solutions on financial topics relevant to the regional partners
- Profitability review: using a deep understanding of the business accounts to maximize profitability.
- Leads financial planning and forecasting, reporting and other analysis for the Middle East region. Manages the accuracy of the monthly management accounts, presents the accounts to the unit leader and extracts and explains the KPI's.
- Consults and advises management on financial issues, business development, compliance, risk management.
- Supporting Strategic Middle East Initiatives, e.g. around cost optimization/localization in KSA, new full market entries and acquisitions
- Manages, coaches and develops MSE MS senior team
Who you are
After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections - between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies and above all, people. That's why, we look for proactive, positive, and flexible individuals who are always unapologetically their unique selves.
We want to hear from you if you:
- Have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. MUST have completed a recognized professional qualification (e.g., CPA, ACA ACCA, CIMA,).
- Have minimum 5 years experience in Big 4 and / or management accounting.
- Have management experience in a sizeable global organization in the Middle East region, including General Ledger and Subledger activities, budgeting, and financial modeling. Consulting or professional services industry background is a plus.
- Have strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and accounting standards
- IFRS – Revenue Recognition
- Local GAAP (among ME countries) an advantage and good knowledge of audit and
- Have SAP R3 financial application experience preferred.
- Have strong accounting, analytical, numerical and structural skills. Strong excel and database skills required.
- Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Have an understanding of modern accounting software systems and workflow, ideally SAP, Analysis for office, Power BI and Alteryx (desirable)
- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent command of both oral and written English
- Are commercially minded.
- Are willing to be hands on where necessary in various areas of accounts but also able to operate effectively amongst consultants.
- Have strong organization skills
- Are a team player but has the ability to work independently.
- Are self-driven, highly motivated team player who understands the implications of collaborating in a truly global environment.
- Have ability to work independently and a willingness to look at the detail where necessary.
- Have ability to maintain highest degree of precision even under significant time pressure.
What we can offer you
Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them to make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
- Generous retirement/pension savings contributions
- Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and their families
- Structured and on-the-job learning and development opportunities
- Personalized opportunities to help you chart a unique career journey to pursue your own personal and professional goals
Learn more at Kearney.com/careers.
Apply now. Submit your cover letter, CV (doc or .pdf format only) via our website.
Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination
Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That's why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person's gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.
