Payroll Accountant jobs in United Arab Emirates

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General Tax Consulting

Manager

At PwC our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning compliance and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.
In tax accounting services at PwC you will assist businesses in preparing and reviewing tax provisions tax returns and financial statements confirming compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations.

Job Role: Manager

Location: United Arab Emirates

Service Line: Accounting and Payroll (A&P) Services

The A&P team is looking for a qualified ACA / ACCA Manager with wide-ranging accounting / finance experience gained working within practice to join the team.

• the preparation of statutory financial statements (SFS)
• bookkeeping and preparation of periodic management accounts
• Managing and controlling the preparation of local SFS for cross border clients

• statutory accounting compliance requirements
• Improvements to the SFS cycle i.e. the production audit and filing of SFS
• providing skilled accountants on secondment where clients have a temporary need for additional resources.

• Investigating data gathering and analysing to ensure the accuracy and robustness of the statutory financial statements usually for multi-national and multi entity organisations
• Preparation of compliance data to present to auditors as part of the year end compliance process
• Managing the delivery of the statutory compliance process for multi-entity global organisations (i.e. the production audit and filing of SFS)
• Support the clients on end-to-end financial statement closing process

An A&P Manager requires the ability to manage a portfolio of clients and manage a team to deliver a large and complex accounting and finance projects.

• You possess an accounting professional qualification (e.g. ACACA ACCA (or an international equivalent)
• Strong accounting skills and technical knowledge on financial reporting matters including the ability to work from first principles.
• Very good working knowledge of IFRS and awareness of US GAAP.
• IT literate ideally with some experience of accounting packages and very good excel spreadsheet skills.
• Highly professional attitude to leading a quality service on challenging assignments in a deadline driven environment demonstrating flexibility in changing client environments.
• Self motivated with strong communication skills (written and oral).
• Strong supervisory skills and ability to develop and coach staff working in a team environment.
• Able to manage teams to deliver large and complex finance and accounting projects
• Experience with business intelligence and performance management tools
• Significant abilities in supervising teams and fostering trust

Degrees/Field of Study required: Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Accepting Feedback Accepting Feedback Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards Active Listening Analytical Thinking Business Tax Returns Coaching and Feedback Communication Creativity Embracing Change Emotional Regulation Empathy Financial Review Financial Statement Analysis Inclusion Intellectual Curiosity Learning Agility Optimism Preparing Tax Documents Professional Courage Relationship Building Self-Awareness Service Excellence Strategic Questioning Tax Accounting 6 more

September 15 2025

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