Financial Reporting Specialist

Company Description: We are a fast growing UAE consulting company looking for an Audit and Assurance professional who can move beyond the old audit approach and bring a strong data driven mindset to client engagements. We need someone who is very good at analysing data, identifying patterns, spotting anomalies, understanding business processes, and generating sharper insights for clients.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Prepare and review standalone and consolidated financial statements in line with IFRS and applicable reporting requirements.

2. Handle consolidation workings including intercompany eliminations, group adjustments, minority interest, and related disclosures.

3. Support month end, quarter end, and year end reporting requirements for clients including group reporting packs and board level summaries.

4. Analyse ledger data, reconciliations, disclosures, and reporting packs to ensure accuracy and completeness.

5. Support technical accounting research, position papers, and treatment documentation under IFRS.

6. Coordinate with client finance teams, auditors, and internal stakeholders on reporting deliverables and closure of review comments.

7. Build and improve reporting templates, close checklists, consolidation models, and standard review processes.

8. Identify reporting gaps, inconsistencies, and data quality issues and drive closure.

Qualifications & Experience:

1. Qualified Chartered Accountant is mandatory.

2. 2 to 3 years of relevant experience in financial reporting, accounting advisory, controllership support, or audit with strong exposure to IFRS based financial statements and consolidation.

3. We need someone who can manage demanding reporting assignments with accuracy and can contribute to building a high quality reporting advisory practice.

Technical Skills:

1. Strong knowledge of IFRS and financial statement disclosure requirements.

2. Good hands on experience in consolidation including intercompany eliminations, group adjustments, and disclosure support.

3. Strong understanding of reporting packs, schedules, reconciliations, and close processes.

4. Ability to research and document technical accounting positions under IFRS.

5. Strong Excel skills and comfort handling reporting models and large datasets.

Preferred Skills:

1. Exposure to UAE reporting environment or cross border reporting assignments.

2. Experience with ERP extracts, reporting packs, and group close processes.

3. Ability to standardize templates and improve reporting workflows.