Finance Controller

Job Purpose: Job Outline Manage the month end closing of the financial books,
the timely capitalisation of fixed assets (FA) after completing analytical
reviews and authenticating the quality of reconciliations to ensure that the
financial numbers are complete and accurate. Provide key support in the
preparation and audit of the Group's Financial Statements. Review Group
company submissions for timeliness, completeness and accuracy analysing
movements in balances and then conclude the consolidation process. Job
Accountabilities - Manage the monthly closing of the books after completing
pre-closing checks and handling exceptions with the concerned sections /
departments to ensure that the financial numbers are complete and accurate.
This will entail the review of balance sheet nominals through a process of
validating balances through a variety of checks e.g. using trends, awareness
of the business, the accounting entry flow, change in activity levels etc. -
Manage the end-to-end financial accounting functions (i.e. accrual,
reconciliation and controls) over certain receivables and payables in high
value business areas i.e. aircraft operating lease rentals and deposits,
aviation fuel, aircraft and other insurance, interest receivable on bank
deposits, corporate income tax, equity accounting of group company results,
recharges to external parties. - Maintain control over the timely
capitalisation on FA into the appropriate asset classes and depreciation
rates. Manage the monthly closing of the FA books after performing a pre-
closing review and clearing the exceptions to ensure an accurate and complete
set of books. - Circulate comprehensive project status reports that include
commentary on actual cost v/s commitments, cost over-runs, highlight costs
ineligible for capitalisation and support the different Project Managers
during the project lifecycle with the cost updates. Projects may span a wide
variety of capex spend e.g. aircraft related including sale and leaseback,
retrofits, retirements, IT software and hardware, construction and
refurbishments etc - Review Group company submissions for timeliness,
completeness and accuracy. Analyse the movements in balances, obtaining
explanations for significant variations with an aim to respond to audit
queries. Adjust Group company financials, where necessary, to align them with
Group accounting policies and IFRS - Complete the consolidation process of
incorporating Group company financials and support the audit of the
consolidation. This will entail obtaining additional information for financial
statements disclosures and regularly updating the reporting pack to meet
changes in the reporting requirements. - Define Chart of Accounts disciplines
to be followed by all departments to ensure uniformity in accounting. This
involves specifying reconciliation disciplines to be followed, specifying and
testing interface controls from various systems to GL and drawing up /
revising the flow of accounting entries in line with International Accounting
Standards. - Manage the reconciliation of GL nominals under the responsibility
of the section by extracting / interfacing data from internal operating
systems as well as external systems, ensuring that any revenue leakage is
promptly identified and appropriately high-lighted to Management. - Review the
quality of reconciliations in the other sections and support them with
providing automated solutions (e.g. develop modules to pick up exceptions due
to vast volumes etc) so that efficiency of the process is increased. These
solutions would have to be continually fine-tuned considering the constantly
changing processes and new business initiatives with a view to cover the risks
associated with the changes. This would entail changing processes, methods of
/approaches to reconciliation. This can only be possible by obtaining the
?buy-in? from the other finance sections. - Manage the team by allocation of
objectives, resources to achieve the work plan as per deadlines. Conduct
timely PM! reviews.
Qualifications & Experience: Experience Finance & Insurance. Management
Accounting: ‎5+ years Qualifications Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or equivalent)
Accounting Degree preferably a qualified accountant with at least ‎6 years
relevant experience in a large organisation, preferably within the travel
industry Knowledge/skills - Strong accounting and technical skills in a
service company with different lines of business operating in a multiple
currency environment - Ability to analyse complex and large financial
databases
Salary & Benefits: Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary
and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on
flights and hotels stays around the world. You can find out more information
about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website
www.emirates.com/careers. Further information on what's it like to live and
work in our cosmopolitan home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle
section.