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    External Auditor | Puthran Chartered Accountants

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Experience in audit of financial statements. • Examining and analysing accounting records. • Responsible for timely communication with clients and completion of audit engagements. • Preparation of audit work papers and audit documentation.

    • 2-5 years external audit experience. Skills required :• Proficient in Microsoft Office.• Expertise of International Accounting Standards, International Standards on Auditing and International Financial Reporting Standards.• Good presentation and communication skills

    Puthran Chartered Accountants established in 1987, is a progressive medium sized firm in UAE helping clients to accomplish their business and financial goals towards growth and profitability.

    The 25 years history, background & business policy of the firm has ensured every client a constant access to the Partner. This approach and philosophy is quite evident in continuous and increased growth rate of the firm with offices in Dubai and Sharjah.

    Puthran CAs provides full range of professional services, providing the clients with vital management information and decision support tools which are highly effective in quality improvement, cost reduction, increased profitability and overall performance.

    The firm’s proximity to large and fast developing market in India through established contacts and Associates adds special significance to its services in this region.

    The financial statements are prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) set by International Financial Reporting Committee (IFRS).

    Puthran CAs develops and maintains the highest standard of professional competence and provides client the quality service without losing the crucial element of committed personal involvement. The firm enjoys credibility and reputation for its high ethical standards of professional integrity and confidentiality.

    We conduct our audit in accordance with International Standard on Auditing issued by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).

    We are in the approved list of auditors of Free Zone Authorities and all the banks including UAE Central Bank. More

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    Associate Manager Finance | KPMG Qatar

    Employment:

    Full Time

    — Maintain existing financial control activities in the firm— Understand the business model and work closely with stakeholders to ensure operation efficiencies— Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to accelerate payable cycle— Analyze and monitor Work in progress reports, highlight long outstanding balances, and challenge parties to bill on time— Perform job budget variance analysis on timely basis, get clarification from project managers, follow-up on adjustments— Verify payroll transactions and calculations— Verify payable transactions and maintain on time reconciliation statements— Maintain the ledgers of the firm— Assist in maintaining the reconciliation of trial balance on monthly basis and account for necessary adjustments— Work on ad-hoc financial analysis jobs

    — Bachelor’s degree (accounting, finance related)— Professional certification (CMA, CIA, CA, ACCA) is a big plus— 3-5 years in financial accounting in the capacity of (senior accountant, financial analyst, assistant finance manager)— In depth experience in management accounting and operations efficiency— Managed aging of accounts payables— Full understanding of payroll and local labor law— Maintained accrual accounts (accrued income and expenses)— Worked on projects profitability and budget management— Oracle/SAP ERP experience— Excellent Microsoft excel skills— Ideally worked in multination and multicultural environment— Experience in GCC countries— High Interpersonal skills— Dynamic and can-do attitude— Presentable and personable— Highly organized— High sense of skepticism— Demonstrate maturity

    KPMG has had a presence in Qatar for 40 years and is now one of the largest and most prestigious professional services firms in the country. KPMG in Qatar employees over 300 locally-based professional staff led by 10 partners. We recruit the best and brightest from around the world and currently over 30 nationalities.

    For our clients, this means we provide Audit, Tax and Advisory services locally, drawing on the latest thinking and best practice from around the world.

    We work with some of Qatar’s largest public and private sector organizations across most of the countries core industries. This gives us deep insight into the challenges and opportunities that our clients experience and a comprehensive understanding of how we can help clients to respond to these.

    We bring local knowledge, international experience and industry expertise to ensure that your engagement is delivered using global best practice, tailored to the local operating environment. More

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    Compliance Consultant | Tesserae Partners

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our client is looking to hire an experience Compliance Officer for their Corporate Services Business. Working on an assignment basis, you will provide compliance and MLRO functions to multiple clients within the portfolio. Experience of working within ADGM and/or DIFC is required.

    To be considered for this role you must have previously been an authorised individual by either regulator in DIFC or ADGMYou must be fluent in English, both written and spoken. Must already be based in the UAE and have previous experience as a Compliance Officer, ideally in a corporate services related business. This is an urgent role with a start date mid January 2022

    Tesserae Partners is the all-in-one subscription based AI and machine Learning driven recruitment service for clients worldwide. Designed to blend with internal talent teams and processes, we reduce the heavy lifting of sourcing by using cutting-edge tech.

    Our AI technology dramatically reduces the time required to source, process and shortlist candidates without compromising on result accuracy. This allows us, working in partnership with your recruiting team, to source exceptional candidates and then focus on building human connections; The one thing that AI will never replace.

    Tesserae Partners delivers the highest quality results gained through automation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, supporting manual database and social media searching during office hours.

    We build, integrate and support the deployment of AI and Machine Learning Solutions into our clients’ talent infrastructure. Tesserae Partners can continuously explore new techniques to optimize talent attraction. More

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    Fund Accountant / Associate | Black Pearl Consult

    Employment:

    Full Time

    A new role has come up with a well-known financial services in Abu Dhabi. Our client is looking for a Fund Accountant – Financial Reporting. In this role, you will have the following responsibilities: • Review of the entire investment portfolio on a monthly basis to identify investments for which non-standard pricing sources require to be utilised as per Investment Pricing Policy.• Draft memos for the Valuation Working Group (part of the IOC) for all investments on a quarterly basis for non – standard pricing sources including external valuations, valuation overrides by AFS – FA and valuations prepared using financial statements.• Responsible for three-way reconciliation between NAV statement, audit confirmations share in the net assets as per audited financial statements.• Perform a variance analysis on a quarterly basis and reach out to fund managers to obtain details where change in valuation is more than defined tolerance levels.• Review of the audited FS for investments on an annual basis.• Review to cover audit opinion, accounting policies and principles used for the preparation of financial statements.• Develop sustainable processes with respect to new investments and investment strategies in coordination with the fund accounting teams, in order to capture pricing information and report on it.• Assistance with the verification of weekly pricing of investment securities and analyzing variances above threshold using independent pricing sources as well as information provided by the external fund administrator, to confirm accurate pricing of the portfolio.• Assist in the implementation of new accounting systems by providing input and direction to the IT teams for areas assigned. Participate as a business user to develop and enhance systems, as required.• Liaison with investment departments to identify potential valuation issues, suggesting improvements to controls, carry out performance analysis, financial forecasts and other ad hoc reports.• Develop reporting functionalities on business intelligence software to improve analysis and reduce reporting errors.• Carry out other similar or related duties as required.

    In this role, you need to meet the following criteria:• Must have a bachelor degree in Finance/ Accounting and a fully qualified CA or CFA• A minimum of 3 years of experience post CA in similar or complementary roles within financial institutions or departments dedicated to Financial Institutions• Strong Excel Skills• Knowledge of General Asset Classes• Good understanding of financial products• Candidates who have worked in an institution where they worked in Fund Accounting or BIG 4 or a Fund Administration Firm.Disclaimer: Black Pearl will never ask for money or any form to charge our candidates just to process or consider their application for any of our available vacancies. If you happen to receive such request from any members of our staff or other individuals claiming to be part of Black Pearl, please do call our office.

    Black Pearl is a progressive, dynamic and well structured HR solution provider
    that offers permanent recruitment services, HR consultancy, psychometric assessments, coaching and also professional training services for clients from different corporate sectors in the Middle East.

    Like a rare and unique black pearl, we consider our partnership with our clients and job seekers as a fine, precious and valuable encounter that needs to be affirmed, developed and supported with a strong commitment to deliver not only the right services but the best in the industry.

    Our aim is to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients, strategically offering Black Pearl services that are customized to the unique requirements of our clients and job seekers alike, resulting in effectively achieving goals and all that is required in this ever evolving and competitive market. More

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    GL Accountant – 6 Month Contract – Arabic Speaker | Manpower Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Purpose • Responsible for the preparation of the financial statements of for the CEMEA Region ensuring adherence with Local IFRS and US GAAP. • In charge of the financial results´ foreign currency analysis between local currency and US dollars. Responsible for gathering the cost center certifications, the preparation of all federal and local tax filings, the transfer pricing calculations and reports, adherence to all distributed accounting policies and Anti-bribery (FCPA) controls related to the Financial Accounting Close.Key Result Areas• Process and maintain accounting records for business units/sub-regional offices and other system interfaces to ensure a high quality of accounting accuracy, timeliness of reporting and compliance to corporate policies, GAAP, SEC and SOX requirements.• Assist CEMEA Accounting Manager to obtain, review, analyze and communicate financial and non-financial data and reports.• Ensure transactions are captured, recorded, summarized and reported in compliance with policies & procedures, US GAAPs, IFRS, as well as statutory, corporate and tax requirements (as applicable).• Responsible for the financial statement preparation both under US GAAP and Local IFRS including the• Preparation of journal entries, accruals, prepayments, deferrals and balance sheet reconciliations.• Responsible for the supervision of the fixed assets of CEMEA along with the related depreciation/amortization and reporting schedules for both financial and tax records.• Executes the re-measurement analysis from local currency to US currency by adhering to FASB 52• Responsible for the preparation of federal and local taxes along with the required tax reporting deliverables• Manages the cost center certification process for the multiple cost centers in the region and ensures timely submission to Corporate• Ensures compliance with existing and new accounting policies for both US GAAP and local IFRS including specific materiality thresholds used in the region• Responsible for the FCPA and SOX controls for the financial accounting close• Reviews and validates the petty cash reimbursements by ensuring proper segregation of duties.• Responsible for the transfer pricing calculations Inter Company Settlements.• Assisting GL team in uploading journals and extracts reports for analysis.• Participation in special projects. Identify any potential financial related risk areas and provide sound recommendations and solutions to Client for mitigation of the identified risk.• Handle ad-hoc projects as assigned by the Management• Handle the I-Procurement process form Accounting point of view and coordinate with stakeholders.Key Performance Indicators• Meet accounting deadlines for monthly, quarterly and annual financial close. • Quality of accounting records – compliant with corporate policies, GAAP, SEC and SOX. • Accurate accounting of transactions – Leading to minimum accounting adjustments/errors and no repeat-audit points.• Unusual items are properly identified, surfaced and resolved promptly.• Ability to define/solve end-to-end problems and issues; timely and accurate processing of data/information through the systems.• Quality of supervision/advice given and effectiveness of the team in jointly producing the desired output. Be a role model to demonstrate efficient execution, constant enhancement, ownership core values.• Any adhoc tasks assigned by the manager.

    Professional• Degree in Accounting or professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA CPA or equivalent)• Minimum 5 years of relevant accounting experience (ideally in a multi-national publicly traded company)• Hands on experience with US GAAP/IFRS and SEC/statutory requirements• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to work well in a fast paced and high volume environment• Experience in a Big 4 public accounting firm is required.Technical• Strong technical accounting skills, and experience researching and documenting accounting issues• Conversant with integrated accounting applications – particularly Oracle• Knowledge of Microsoft office applications – Excel, Word, Access • Conceptual and working knowledge of financial database• Knowledge of Oracle, Hyperion and other related toolsBusiness• Strong business ethics• Ability to work well under pressure and juggle multiple priorities• Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment

    We lead in the creation and delivery of innovative workforce solutions and services that enable our clients to win in the changing world of work.

    ManpowerGroup powers the success of many of the world’s most dynamic organizations. We deliver innovative workforce solutions that enhance competitiveness, increase efficiency and spur productivity. Combining global reach with local expertise – 3600 offices in over 80 countries – we know the changing world of work and bring a deep understanding of the companies we work for and the industries we service.

    ManpowerGroup entered the Middle East in December 2007 after acquiring local company Clarendon Parker, thus bringing 15 years in-depth local knowledge combined with a global footprint and industry shaping expertise and thought leadership.
    Manpower Middle East supports clients in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Our business is aligned to key skill specializations to ensure our clients requirements are met by expert and knowledgeable consultants that understand your industry and role requirement.

    Our consultants are experts in finding the right talent across all industries in a broad-range of occupations including:

    IT & Telecommunications
    Engineering & Construction, Oil & Gas
    Banking, Finance & Legal
    Sales & Business Development
    Marketing, Public Relations & Communications
    Human Resources & Training
    Customer & Support Services (Secretarial and Administrative)
    Operational, Supply Chain & Logistics
    Executive Recruitment
    Emiratization Solutions
    Recruitment Program Outsourcing Solutions
    Managed Service Provider Solutions
    Talent Based Outsourcing Solutions
    Outsourced Staffing Solutions More

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    Assistant Account Manager – VirtuAccounts | Virtuzone

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Overview:The Assistant Account Manager – VirtuAccounts would be expected to manage the day-to-day accounting & reporting function of clients that have outsourced their bookkeeping to Virtuzone, in abidance with local & international accounting & tax regulations.Responsibilities:• Understanding business requirements and processes• Day to day accounting and bookkeeping of clients• Preparing financial statements and consolidating financial reports• Preparing management reports• Performing VAT registration and VAT return filings along with assisting the team on VAT queries• Preparing forecasts & budgets• Assisting in conducting annual external audits

    Desired Skills & Experience:• Minimum of 3-4 years experience in an Accounting or Auditing firm• Masters in Accounting and Finance. ACCA preferable• End-to-end knowledge detailed knowledge of UAE VAT with constant learning of new laws & amendments• Technically up-to-date with IFRS and other reporting standards• Highly proficient in English language• Highly capable in preparing & conducting management presentations • Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills• Good interpersonal skills• Good negotiation skills• Excellent analytical and numerical abilities• In-depth knowledge of multiple accounting software• Previous experience in outsourced bookkeeping & accounting

    Founded in 2009, Virtuzone’s mission is to remove the complexities of company setup in the UAE so that our clients can focus 100% on running their businesses. Whether you are a startup, a small business, or an individual simply requiring your own trade licence, with Virtuzone you won’t have to lose even a night’s sleep worrying about the red tape involved with the UAE free zone and mainland company setup process.

    That’s because we do all the heavy lifting for you. While the technical, administrative, and financial aspects of setting up a business in the UAE can seem challenging, with the right support the process is far more straightforward and affordable than you might think.

    Virtuzone provides just that type of support, and it’s what has led us to become the leading company setup specialists in Dubai and the UAE. More than 15,000 entrepreneurs have trusted us to set up their companies, and almost 90% of our clients renew their trade licence with us every year going forward. More

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    Financial and Accounting Assistant | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    1. Review reimbursement materials (including application forms, invoices, receipts, contracts etc.) and accounting process in system;2. Cash and cash equivalents management, including custody, count, disbursement and withdraw, and cash register and reconciliation for accounts;3. Organize, secure, and maintain accounting files, records in accordance with local regulations and our bank’s procedures.”

    Preferred University Subject: Majored in accounting, finance, economics, management or related field; Seniority level of the role: Fresh Graduate/Junior Professional/Experienced Professional University Qualifications: Bachelor degree, Masters degree a plus Other Certifications obtained: ACCA/AIA/USCPA a plus Nature and Length of Previous Experience: Minimum of 2 years of relevant financial and accounting experience; Specialist Knowledge: Experience with Microsoft Office and strong Excel skills Language Fluency Preference English is a must

    In October 2008, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) formally entered into the Middle East region, establishing Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Middle East) Limited (regulated by the DFSA) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (QFC) Branch (authorized by the QFCRA) in quick succession and commencing businesses. This enables ICBC to become the pioneer of China-owned banks in the Middle East region, and will, on the basis of its advanced market position, excellent client base, multiple product structure, strong innovative ability and prominent brand value, allows ICBC to support various infrastructure financing demands in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the greater Middle East, and comprehensively provide various financial services including international trade, domestic guarantee and oversea credit, project financing, to become the economic bridge and channel between China and the Middle East region.

    At the end of 2009, ICBC succeeded in acquiring a wholesale banking license from Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, which is seen as a big progress for ICBC in the Middle East region. Now a chain has been formed between the cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha to provide more comprehensive financial services to ICBC clients in the region.

    ICBC will keep on improving its network within the Middle East region by relying on abundance of market resources, insistence on prioritizing commercial banking, striving to develop investment banking and asset management, so as to strengthen ICBC’s influence and competitiveness, and become the most influential and respectable bank in the region. More

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    Internal Auditor | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Jobs are solely concerned with the day-to-day internal auditing of Financial, operations and compliance controls and systems. Ensures successful completion of assigned audit engagements, from start to finish, inclusive of pre-planning and wrap up activities.

    Accountabilities:- Performs any other special assignments given by the Management and Audit Committee.- Update and prepare Internal Audit policies and procedures for developing Internal Audit activities and empower efficiency and effectiveness.- Conducting strategic risk assessment, defining audit universe, drafting annual audit plan, manage Internal Audit engagements related to Financial and Operational audit processes.- Prepare process mapping, conduct risk assessment and develop audit program.- Perform audit fieldwork, prepare audit reports and conduct discussion with the process owners as per the recommended IIA standards.- Document Audit working paper and other records both electronic or hardcopies gathered during the course of audit against laid down criteria and standard audit procedures.- Conduct audit follow up as per audit calendar.- Communicates assigned tasks to engagement team in a manner that is clear and concise ensuring high quality, accurate, and efficient results.- Contribute towards meeting department objectives and defined KPIs on a regular basis.- Performs special assignments and consulting engagements.- Maintain a professional relationship with internal audit stakeholders.- Participate in increasing corporate awareness of risk culture and control environment by holding auditing and risk assurance workshops, sending awareness messages to concerned parties and presenting internal audit accomplishments to enhance Internal Audit image.

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More