Senior Financial Analyst

Financial and payroll support to High Risk Managed Services

Tasks and responsibilities

Financial Accounting and Reporting:

• Support month-end and year-end closing activities to meet reporting deadlines.
• Analyse financial performance and provide commentary on key variances against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of income for HRMS department.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals and adjustments.
• Report realisation and project profitability for HRMS projects.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes by providing accurate financial data and insights.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and company accounting policies.
• Assist with tax, commercial finance and operational teams on accounting and reporting matters.
• Advise the business on financial issues, including FX and tax.

Payroll

• Review the monthly expat payroll. Ensure they are as per HR data and that amounts are calculated and booked correctly.
• Verify that supporting documents are on file for joiners, leavers, and those with contract amendments.
• Have a firm understanding of DIFC Employment Law and Iraq personal tax calculations.
• Assist in attending and resolving payroll queries and issues.

General responsibilities

• Provide ad hoc financial support to HRMS department as required.
• Provide financial support to HRMS Executive Committee as required.
• Assist in the setup and reporting requirements of new legal entities and business expansions.
• Assist with local statutory and group reporting requirements as required
• Assist with internal and external audits as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, automate tasks, and enhance financial controls.
• Assist Financial Controller and Regional Finance Director as required.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Experience of management accounting
• Experience in an analytical accounting role
• Experience of preparing budgets and forecasts
• Experienced user of MS Excel

Preferred

• Experience of providing financial support in a consulting business
• Experience of providing commercial support, including pricing
• Experience of audit
• Experience of working in a global business
• Experience of statutory accounting

Qualifications and specialist skills

• Candidates must have a reached part qualified status in a recognised accounting qualification

Competencies

• Take the initiative to resolve issues proactively within own remit and recognise when requires escalation.
• Uses creativity to think outside the box and encourages others to do the same.
• Adapts knowledge and analysis to provide effective solutions to clients; makes informed decision when appropriate.
• Delivers on personal objectives to deliver to strategic and department plans, focuses on delivery, strives to exceed expectations. Shows drive and determination to achieve high standards.
• Uses own knowledge and experience to make sound judgements or assist others with sound judgement.
• Ensures delivery of exceptional service by focussing self on the client’s needs.
• Understands the business as a whole, strategic priorities and own contribution to goals.
• Demonstrates global awareness; Considers the regional and global implications of what we do in our areas of responsibility; Identifies and build relationships across team and region.
• Suggests and makes improvements and efficiencies to manage costs and improve margins.
• Embraces a changing environment, adapts well to changing demands and ambiguous situations and adapts own behaviour accordingly.
• Express self clearly and displays sensitivity to develop constructive relationships with others. Shows understanding of others in order to influence as appropriate

Behaviours

• All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• Private medical insurance
• Annual Housing Allowance
• Compulsory monthly employer contributions to the DIFC Employment Workplace Saving Scheme
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.