Assistant Manager - Shared Services Center

International Free Zone Authority; Dubai; Presencial; AED 360 000 - 600 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

24 annual leave days

Annual flight home

Life insurance plan

Medical insurance plan (with upgrade)

Resumo da oferta

IFZA Dubai is seeking an Assistant Manager to lead the Shared Services Center's accounting and tax practice. You will supervise a growing team, ensure high-quality service delivery, and drive process improvements across reporting, compliance, and client communications.

Responsibilities include coordinating accounting reports, tax filings, audits, and onboarding of new clients while maintaining strong relationships with licensees. Fluency in English and IFRS expertise are essential.

Qualificações

• Qualified CA/ACCA with IFRS knowledge and UAE tax awareness.
• 7–8 years of accounting experience, with 2+ years in people management.
• Strong communication, process improvement, and organizational skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the accounting and tax practice.
• Supervise a team, provide guidance, training and performance feedback.
• Coordinate preparation and review of accounting reports and tax filings.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain client relations.
• Support onboarding of new clients and cross-department initiatives.

Conhecimentos

Team leadership

Project management

IFRS

English communication

Financial controls

Formação académica

CA/ACCA professional

Ferramentas

ERP systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Assistant Manager - Shared Services Center

IFZA Dubai is the most dynamic and truly international Free Zone Community in the UAE, optimizing the country's strategic location and world-class infrastructure. We provide easy, reliable, and fast company formation services through our network of Professional Partners and Government Authorities.

Job Description

Job Role:

TheAssistant Manager will support the day‑to‑day operations of the accounting andtax practice, ensuring exceptional client service, efficient internalprocesses, and strong financial oversight. This role blends leadership,analytical thinking, and operational management, making it ideal for someonewho enjoys both people management and hands‑on financial work. The Shared Service Center forms part of the overall IFZA ecosystem,supporting licensees with accounting and tax compliance support. The departmentis a growing department, with the ideal candidate identifying a need forcontrols, providing suggestions and implementing this with a strong skill ofbeing organized to ensure that they have a good grip on any issues, deadlinesand tracking within the different teams and clients.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary point of contact forclient escalations, ensuring timely communication and high-quality servicedelivery.
• Coordinate the preparation and review of specificaccounting reports, tax filings, and compliance documents.
• Address client inquiries, resolve issues,and maintain strong, long-term relationships.
• Support onboarding of new clients

ProcessImprovement & Operational Efficiency

• Evaluate existing workflows and identifyopportunities to streamline processes.
• Implement best practices in documentation,reporting, and client communication.
• Support the adoption of new technologies,accounting tools, and automation initiatives.
• Keep up to date with accounting and taxdevelopments to ensure the team is properly equipped with this
• Supervise juniors (Team Leaders,Accountants) and support staff, providing guidance, training, and performancefeedback.
• Allocate workloads, monitor progress, andensure deadlines are met across accounting and tax projects.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, andgrowth-oriented team culture.
• Oversee invoicing cycles, ensuring accuracy,timely issuance, and proper follow up on outstanding payments.
• Track project budgets, internal costs, andrevenue forecasts to support financial planning.
• Assist in preparing monthly and quarterlyfinancial performance reports for management.

Compliance& Quality Assurance

• Ensure all accounting and tax work adheresto regulatory requirements and internal quality standards.
• Support audits and maintain accurate,organized records.
• Stay updated on relevant tax laws,accounting standards, and industry changes.
• Identify any control deficiencies andpropose changes

Liaisonfor cross departmental work

• Working with different departments withinthe wider organization to deliver specific projects
• Supporting the wider IFZA Organization withad-hoc requests, related to accounting and tax.

Requirements

• Qualified CA/ACCA professional with minimum 7-8 years’ accounting experience with at least 2 year experience in managing a team size of 6+
• Excellent communication skills in English, any additional language will be a plus.
• Highly competent in the fundamentals of accounting(IFRS knowledge)
• In depth knowledge of UAE VAT and Corporate Tax knowledge
• Proven project management skills with a process orientated mindset
• Expertise in Technical accounting
• Prior working knowledge in ERP systems

• International team (over 50 nationalities)
• 24 annual leave days
• Annual flight home
• Life insurance plan
• Medical insurance plan (with the option to upgrade)

• Opportunities to learn, develop and grow with the organization
• Being part of a motivated team
• Moving-Forward-Company-Culture