Financial Controller

KEZA A/C Industry Company LLC; Pakistan; Remote; PKR 15,235,000 - 24,931,000; Full time

Job summary

KEZA A/C Industry Company LLC is seeking a senior Finance Lead to own the monthly close, manage IFRS reporting, and oversee multi-entity consolidation. You will implement costing, budgeting and cash flow processes while coordinating with group entities and external audits.

The role requires strong manufacturing accounting background, IFRS experience, and leadership to build a robust finance function across the group. Remote work with UAE-focused hours is available.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing costing and inventory are essential.
• Experience with multi-entity environments is required.
• Excellent written communication is critical.

Responsibilities

• Daily bank reconciliation and cash management.
• Own the close process and improve the close cycle.
• Design and implement job costing, budgeting and forecasting.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Month end close ownership

IFRS knowledge

Consolidation / intercompany

Remote working experience

Strong written English

Education

ICAP CA or finalist

ACCA member

CPA or CMA

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Google Workspace

ERP implementation

Job description

KEZA has grown since 2006 from a single fabrication facility into a group of companies. The core business is precision manufacturing: HVAC units and components, heavy duty ducting, structural fabrication, LV panels and switchgear. Alongside this the group works in HVAC consulting, turnkey district cooling project management, kitchen ventilation, solar panel and battery fabrication and composite panel manufacturing. We employ around 50 people, we carry no external debt and the manufacturing business runs a 33% adjusted EBITDA margin, which is unusual in our sector.

We are a family owned group entering a period of growth, with new business lines under development. Decisions are made quickly and there are very few layers. The group has grown faster than its systems, and that is the gap this role exists to close.

About the role

We currently have two capable people handling transactional finance. Bank reconciliation, payments, supplier statements and collections. What we do not have is anyone who owns an output.

No one owns the close. No one owns the balance sheet. There is no job costing, no budget, and no written record of how the work is done.

The first six months of this role are a build. After that, you run what you have built and keep improving it. If you are looking for a role where the process already exists and needs maintaining, this is not it.

What you will own

Reporting and close. Daily reconciliation of both bank accounts, petty cash, receivables and payables. A weekly flash every Monday. A full monthly close to IFRS by working day five, moving to working day three within the first year.

Balance sheet integrity. Every line reconciled every month, with supporting schedules.

Job costing. Designed and implemented from nothing. Costed bills of material, material issued against jobs, labor booked to jobs, a defensible overhead absorption basis, and quoted margin measured against actual margin. This is the work that will change how the business prices.

Budgeting and forecasting. An annual budget built bottom up with department heads, followed by a rolling forecast.

Cash flow. A daily cash position, a rolling cash forecast, and active management of working capital across the group.

Multi entity reporting. Consolidation across group companies, intercompany reconciliation and elimination, and a clear view of performance by entity and by business line.

Investment appraisal. Supporting capital expenditure decisions with proper analysis, and reviewing performance against the case after the money is spent.

Tax and audit. VAT returns, corporate tax computation and provision, and ownership of the external audit from planning to sign off.

Management reporting. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting with written commentary. The expectation is analysis and interpretation, not a pack of figures.

Finance procedures manual. A complete end to end set of documented procedures covering governance, order to cash, procure to pay, inventory and costing, fixed assets, record to report, tax, treasury, planning and audit. Written, owned and kept current by you.

Team development. Training and developing the two existing team members, and advising on how the function should grow.

Requirements

• ICAP CA, qualified or finalist, ACCA member, CPA or CMA. Articles completed at a Big 4 or established mid tier firm is strongly preferred.
• Minimum five years in finance, including direct ownership of month end close. Supporting a close is not the same as running one.
• Manufacturing experience is essential. You must have accounted for inventory and work in progress. Without this background the costing work will not succeed.
• Applied knowledge of IFRS.
• Experience in a multi entity or group environment, including consolidation and intercompany accounting.
• Advanced QuickBooks Online, including chart of accounts design, class and project tracking, and integrations for invoicing, expenses and bank feeds. Candidates will be asked which integrations they configured themselves.
• Google Workspace as a primary working environment, including Drive, Sheets, Docs, shared drives, permissions and version history.
• Demonstrable remote working experience, ideally including managing or coordinating colleagues based elsewhere.
• Strong written English. The majority of this role is conducted in writing.

Advantageous: UAE VAT and corporate tax exposure, experience with PEMO or comparable expense platforms, ERP implementation or migration, and audit liaison with UAE firms.

Working arrangements

• Fully remote, working broadly to UAE hours. You will manage two team members based in a different country, so establishing and holding a working cadence is part of the role.