Deputy Chief Accountant

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Establishes internal controls and guidelines for accounting transactions.

· Oversees preparation of business activity reports.

· Oversees the production of periodic financial reports; ensures that the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or financial reporting standards.

· Responsible for tax planning throughout the fiscal year; files annual corporate tax return.

· Audits accounts to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations; coordinates with outside auditors and provides needed information for the annual external audit.

· Presents recommendations to management on short- and long-term financial objectives and policies.

· Provides financial analysis with an emphasis on capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations.

· Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal government requirements.

· Organizes and supervises scheduled and unscheduled stock counts.

· Ensures all accounting transactions are based on properly prepared supporting documents.

· Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

General activities to ensure job purpose:

· Submit on annual basis organizational model of assigned business unit, handle unit’s objectives, meeting regulations and reports.

· Plan section/subsection manpower, workload and needed resources.

· Control direct reports’ performance, discipline, internal and external regulations compliance.

· Control section/subsection *KPI’s and objectives completion.

· Define mid-term priorities and scenarios for assigned section/subsection.

· Define short-term actions and impose tasks for each direct report within a general strategy.

· Provide comprehensive explanations, support and assistance to direct reports and colleagues.

· Within section/subsection actively encourage and support individual development on a general level.

· Encourage team contribution to company growth and prosperity.

· Actively point out a need for changes and support such changes.

· Share basic knowledge about internal and external customers’ needs with team and satisfy such needs within existing services of the section/subsection.

· Build up open and transparent relationships with employees, customers and business partners which are based on mutual trust.

· Consider potential adverse impacts on health and safety, analyze and plan necessary actions to avoid such impacts.

· Define moral and physical health as prerequisites for self-fulfillment through decent work.

Education and Certification:

• University degree in Accounting or Business Administration

• Certified Public Accountant with minimum 3 years of experience in UAE in similar position

• Excellent knowledge of IFRS

• Excellent management and supervisory skills.

• Knowledge of UAE Law (including Labor Law)

• Familiarity with basic UAE VAT Law, Corporate Tax Law

• Written and verbal English language, intermediate (B2) level and above.

• International Financial certifications is a must