Dubai-based Global Consolidations Lead | Group FC

Gloria Jeans; Dubai; On-site; AED 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Relocation support

Private medical insurance

Annual leave

AI tooling

Learning & development

Job summary

The Group Financial Controller (Head of Consolidation) at Gloria Jeans owns the general ledger, month-end close and statutory consolidation across entities, reporting to the Dubai HQ. You will lead a team of five and oversee the end-to-end Record to Report framework, ensuring accuracy and consistency across UAE, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Based in Dubai with relocation and visa support, this role demands up to 25% international travel and a strong IFRS background, SAP/1C proficiency and

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of group accounting and consolidation experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency organisation.
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end close across several jurisdictions.
• Strong IFRS technical capability, including foreign-currency translation and inventory valuation.
• Experience leading a reporting transition, shared-service migration or finance centralisation programme.
• A professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA or CPA, together with audit-firm training.
• Experience in retail inventory accounting; fast-fashion experience is an advantage.
• Hands-on proficiency with SAP, 1C, Power BI and advanced Excel.
• Strong leadership, process-governance and stakeholder-management skills.
• Working English and fluent Russian.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close calendar and process for all entities and business units.
• Produce the consolidated Group result and individual entity financial statements.
• Own the chart of accounts as the Group master file and govern all changes.
• Define the global accounting standard and adapt it to local compliance requirements without permitting variation in substance.
• Own Group accounting policies, including inventory valuation, provisioning and revenue recognition.
• Manage the transfer of reporting responsibility to Dubai without interruption to the close.
• Establish the control framework, resource model and performance measures for the Record-to-Report process.
• Reconcile statutory actuals with plan and forecast consolidation before publication.
• Drive balance-sheet substantiation, gross-profit reconciliation and the reduction of post-close adjustments.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

Group accounting

Month-end close

SAP

Power BI

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Stakeholder management

English

Russian

Education

ACCA/ ACA / CPA

Tools

SAP

1C

Power BI

Excel

Job description

The Group Financial Controller (Head of Consolidation) at Gloria Jeans owns the general ledger, month-end close and statutory consolidation across entities, reporting to the Dubai HQ. You will lead a team of five and oversee the end-to-end Record to Report framework, ensuring accuracy and consistency across UAE, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Based in Dubai with relocation and visa support, this role demands up to 25% international travel and a strong IFRS background, SAP/1C proficiency and