Senior Associate – Finance Transformation & CFO Advisory

Next Assurance & Advisory; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Assurance & Advisory in Dubai seeks a Chartered Accountant to join its Finance Transformation & CFO Advisory practice. You will work directly with clients to improve finance functions, strengthen controls, enhance reporting, and support management in making better financial decisions.

Responsibilities include designing finance processes and control frameworks, leading remediation of financial reporting gaps, and developing management reports with actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) – mandatory.
• Strong experience in financial reporting, controllership, finance transformation or CFO advisory.
• Big 4 / Big 10 experience in financial advisory is preferred.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, financial statements, internal controls and finance processes.
• Comfortable working with ERP/finance systems, particularly SAP.
• Willingness to work from India initially and relocate to the UAE upon satisfactory performance.

Responsibilities

• Finance Transformation: Design finance processes, controls and operating frameworks, and oversee/monitor implementation.
• Financial Remediation: Identify accounting and reporting gaps and lead remediation of financial reporting, reconciliation and control issues.
• Management Reporting: Develop P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital and other management reports, with meaningful insights for management.
• Client Advisory: Present findings, recommendations and financial insights to management and independently manage client assignments.
• ERP & Finance Systems: Identify process and reporting improvements in SAP and support finance system/process optimisation.
• Accounting Oversight: Oversee accounting teams/functions, review deliverables and ensure timely and accurate financial close.
• IFRS Advisory: Provide practical IFRS guidance on accounting and financial reporting matters.
• Financial Statements & Audit Readiness: Lead/review preparation of financial statements, supporting schedules and audit documentation and ensure clients are audit-ready.
• Project Management: Manage timelines, deliverables, client communication and implementation across multiple advisory engagements.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

Financial reporting

Controllership

Client advisory

Big 4 / Big 10 experience

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Next Assurance & Advisory is looking for a Chartered Accountant to join its Finance Transformation & CFO Advisory practice. The role will involve working directly with clients to improve finance functions, strengthen controls, enhance reporting, and support management in making better financial decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Finance Transformation: Design finance processes, controls and operating frameworks, and oversee/monitor implementation.
• Financial Remediation: Identify accounting and reporting gaps and lead remediation of financial reporting, reconciliation and control issues.
• Management Reporting: Develop P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital and other management reports, with meaningful insights for management.
• Client Advisory: Present findings, recommendations and financial insights to management and independently manage client assignments.
• ERP & Finance Systems: Identify process and reporting improvements in SAP and support finance system/process optimisation.
• Accounting Oversight: Oversee accounting teams/functions, review deliverables and ensure timely and accurate financial close.
• IFRS Advisory: Provide practical IFRS guidance on accounting and financial reporting matters.
• Financial Statements & Audit Readiness: Lead/review preparation of financial statements, supporting schedules and audit documentation and ensure clients are audit-ready.
• Project Management: Manage timelines, deliverables, client communication and implementation across multiple advisory engagements.

Candidate Profile

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) – mandatory.
• Strong experience in financial reporting, controllership, finance transformation or CFO advisory.
• Big 4 / Big 10 experience in financial advisory is preferred.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, financial statements, internal controls and finance processes.
• Comfortable working with ERP/finance systems, particularly SAP.
• Willingness to work from India initially and relocate to the UAE upon satisfactory performance.