Senior Associate - Finance Operations & Tax Compliance

Charterhouse; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A Family Office group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Associate of Finance Operations to manage tax compliance, accounting, and financial reporting. Candidates must be Chartered Accountants (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA) with at least 5 years of experience, preferably in a Big Four advisory role. Strong knowledge of IFRS and excellent communication skills are essential. The role demands proficiency in ERP and accounting software, as well as advanced Excel skills for reporting and analysis.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-qualified experience in tax and compliance.
• Experience in a Big Four accounting firm or similar advisory role.
• Strong knowledge of corporate tax and VAT compliance within the UAE.

Responsibilities

• Manage tax accounting and filing activities across the entity.
• Ensure compliance with financial reporting and statutory requirements.
• Oversee month-end close, reconciliation, and consolidation of accounts.

Skills

Tax compliance

IFRS knowledge

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Accounting software

Education

Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA)

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Job description

Charterhouse are currently working with a Family Office group, based in Abu Dhabi, whom are looking to hire a Senior Associate of Finance Operations, Tax & Compliance.

About the Role

With a reporting line to the Regional Finance Director, this Senior Associate will oversee and manage all the tax accounting and filing activities across the entity whilst ensuring compliance across financial accounting, transfer pricing, intercompany accounting and statutory reporting. From a tax perspective, the coverage within the UAE jurisdiction will span Corporate Tax & VAT under the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) to ensure accurate documentation, filing and payments for regulatory purposes.

In conjunction, this role will extend to areas of accounting and finance support; whereby the month-end close, reconciliation and consolidation of statutory accounts is managed in an accurate and timely manner. This will ensure the maintenance of all intercompany accounts, adherence under IFRS, overseeing the accounting policy and preparing schedules for tax returns and audits.

This Senior Associate will also take ownership of reporting controls, from both an operational and project basis, with a need to support finance projects focused towards improvement policy, any systems review and the introduction of management-based (MIS) reporting tools.

About You

Our client will look to recruit a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA) with a background within a mainstream tax and compliance function along with experience from within a practice-type environment (ideally Big Four) within an advisory-based role.

The client would see their Senior Associate possessing a minimum of 5 years post-qualified experience and exposure to an in-house corporate (Bluechip-type) environment would be a distinct advantage. Ideally, the client will look towards applicants whom can demonstrate UAE-based experience; allowing for both ease of inception and a knowledge-transfer within this technical area of finance.

The successful candidate shall require strong and up-to-date knowledge and insight across the IFRS bandwidth, to ensure an accurate in-house expertise and an ability to support and manage any audit processes. Applicants will also be expected to possess strong systems skill, spanning both ERP and accounting software, along with solid exposure to Excel tools, to ensure precise reporting and analytical capabilities. The nature of this organisation and the industry-space demand excellent communication skills, along with the soft skills required, to manage and liaise across the lines of business and operations at all levels.