Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting

Job Snapshot: Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity for an experienced accounting professional with strong general ledger, month‑end close, balance sheet reconciliation, financial reporting, consolidation, audit support, Oracle, and Hyperion Financial Management expertise.

This role supports accounting accuracy, internal controls, intercompany reconciliation, regulatory reporting, and financial consolidation activities across operating entities in a complex international energy business.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Accounting/Finance
Salary: 18000-28000 (Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.)
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare general ledger entries for month‑end close in line with accounting policies, reporting schedules, and internal control requirements.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, account analysis, and supporting schedules.
• Originate, process, review, and support journal entries for assigned accounts and reporting activities.
• Coordinate with area project teams and finance departments to support a smooth and timely month‑end close process.
• Prepare documentation for internal and external auditors to support quarterly reviews and year‑end audit procedures.
• Collaborate with external auditors during annual audits, quarterly reviews, and related financial reporting requests.
• Ensure accounting activities comply with internal controls, company policies, and reporting guidelines.
• Complete and submit all required non‑tax‑related government reports.
• Support Financial Reporting Seniors in identifying process improvement opportunities and reporting efficiencies.
• Provide cross‑functional support to external financial reporting activities.
• Assist in the coordination, preparation, and execution of internal financial reporting.
• Maintain automated financial statements and recurring financial reports.
• Participate in global consolidation activities for operating entities using HFM reporting applications.
• Support consolidation entries, foreign currency accounting, intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and elimination processes.
• Analyze intercompany, clearing, and suspense accounts to ensure balances are recorded, reconciled, and eliminated correctly each month.
• Assist with consolidation‑related process improvement initiatives and ad hoc financial analyses for management.
• Prepare stand‑alone consolidated financial statements for regulatory or compliance requirements.
• Validate receipts through Oracle or related relational database management systems.
• Support database integration work between SPM, Hexagon, and Oracle systems.
• Validate purchase order line coding to support accurate financial classification and reporting.
• Validate legal entity information in purchase orders to ensure correct accounting treatment and reporting alignment.
• Assist with accounting analysis, issue resolution, reporting requests, and ad hoc finance projects as needed.
• Maintain organized work papers, reconciliations, audit schedules, and supporting documents.
• Work independently on assigned accounting tasks while coordinating effectively with finance, reporting, audit, and project stakeholders.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• CPA qualification is preferred.
• 4 to 5 years of relevant accounting, financial reporting, audit support, consolidation, or general ledger experience.
• Strong knowledge of month‑end close, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and account analysis.
• Experience with internal controls, audit documentation, external auditor coordination, and regulatory reporting support.
• Familiarity with HFM, Hyperion Financial Management, Oracle, SPM, Hexagon, or similar financial and project database systems is an advantage.
• Ability to work with financial reporting, regulatory reporting, internal auditors, external auditors, project finance teams, and management stakeholders.
• Strong communication and documentation skills with the ability to interact effectively across multiple levels of staff and management.
• Motivated, self‑directed, results‑driven, and able to take ownership of assigned tasks.
• Deadline‑oriented and willing to work extended hours when required for monthly closing cycles.
• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail, neat work papers, and accurate documentation.
• Able