Senior Financial Analyst UAE National Statutory Reporting Compliance

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global tech firm seeks a MENA Legal Entity Accounting Lead in Dubai. The role involves overseeing statutory reporting audits across the MENA region while collaborating with various Amazon teams. Candidates should possess a CPA, relevant accounting experience, and strong communication skills. The ideal candidate will ensure compliance while driving process improvements and automation initiatives, contributing to business growth. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered, fostering a diverse workplace.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Subsidized private health insurance

Paid parental leave options

Qualifications

• 5 years of finance or related analytical field experience.
• 3 years of controls/audit/compliance/SOX roles experience.
• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients.
• Experience creating process improvements with automation.

Responsibilities

• Leading annual financial statement preparation and audits.
• Reviewing local GAAP financial reporting close.
• Supporting business expansion ensuring compliance.
• Business partnering with Amazon teams including Tax and Legal.

Skills

Finance

Accounting

Controls and Compliance

Process Improvement

Communication

Technical Accounting

Education

CPA

Tools

Oracle Essbase

TM1

Excel

Job description

Interested in supporting Amazon's rapid expansions into emerging markets. Being part of a unique team that provides controllership across. Have a passion for innovation and automation. If you want to be part of history this is your opportunity to work with one of the world's most successful companies.

Amazon MENAs statutory compliance and reporting team is searching for a financial reporting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, thrives in a challenging workplace and can actively contribute to our talented team.

As a MENA Legal Entity Accounting Lead the successful candidate will own the end-to-end statutory reporting audit process and controllership for a number of entities across UAE, KSA, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and Lebanon. You’ll partner with stakeholders across the global accounting, finance and tax organization to drive process improvement and automation initiatives, support business expansion and projects, review and understand financial performance, and assist in the identification of standards for global consistency. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks to senior leadership across geographies and time zones.

Amazon offers employees a competitive remuneration package including participation in the company stock plan as applicable. We also look after our people with benefits such as subsidized private health insurance, superannuation and paid parental leave options, amongst others.

Key job responsibilities

• Leading annual financial statement preparation and audits across the region
• Reviewing local GAAP financial reporting close
• Supporting business expansion across the region ensuring that all statutory requirements are identified and supported
• Business partnering with other Amazon teams including FP&A, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Public Relations and Business and Corporate Legal
• Demonstrating strong technical accounting acumen to be able to conclude on accounting treatment of new product launches, projects and transactions
• Collaborating with global Accounting teams to identify, develop and implement best practices that can be used globally
• Identifying, articulating and communicating project and accounting operation risks to leadership along with clear recommendations for resolution or mitigation

Qualifications and Experience

• 5 years of finance or a related analytical field experience
• 3 years of controls/audit/compliance/SOX roles experience
• 3 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• CPA
• * UAE National with a family book
• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
• Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment
• Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Experience with Oracle Essbase, TM1 and similar tools
• Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional, list, arrays, pivots, lookups)

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Required Experience: Senior IC