Assistant Director - Accounting

About the Role: The company is currently seeking an Assistant Director of Accounting to join our Finance Team. The primary duties and responsibilities of this role are: - Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring reporting is accurate, complete, supported, and delivered within the approved close calendar. - Prepare and review standalone and consolidated financial statements with IFRS and applicable statutory and internal reporting requirements. - Own the consolidation process, including intercompany reconciliations, elimination entries, foreign currency considerations, and review of reporting packages. - Prepare statements of cash flows, including reconciliation of movements in cash and cash equivalents. - Oversee the general ledger and ensure that journal entries, accruals, prepayments, allocations, and account reconciliations are properly prepared, reviewed, approved, and retained. - Maintain balance sheet integrity through timely completion and review of detailed account reconciliations, supporting schedules, aging analyses, and resolution of reconciling items. - Review fixed asset accounting, including construction-in-progress reviews, capitalization assessments, componentization, asset transfers, disposals, impairment considerations, useful-life reviews, and depreciation. - Ensure appropriate classification of capital and operating expenditure, particularly during the transition from pre-opening development activity to post-opening operations. - Prepare and analyze financial statements, management reports, income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key account movements for Finance leadership. - Develop and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and close controls aligned with IFRS, corporate requirements, and operational needs. - Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Treasury, Tax, Procurement, FP&A, IT, and operating departments to ensure complete and accurate accounting. - Responsible for the completion of statutory, internal, and regulatory audits by coordinating information requests, preparing schedules, resolving audit queries, and implementing agreed actions. - Drive process improvements, standardization, automation, and reduction of manual journals and spreadsheet-dependent activities. - Provide technical accounting guidance on complex transactions and prepare accounting position papers and memoranda when required. - Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, establish clear responsibilities, and create succession and cross-training plans for critical activities. - Perform any other duties and responsibilities assigned by senior Finance management. - Build effective working relationships with operational departments, banks, auditors, tax advisers, consultants, and Group Finance teams. - Promote a culture of accountability, accuracy, service, confidentiality, and continuous improvement within the Finance function. - Ensure financial information is handled in accordance with company policies, delegated authorities, and data-confidentiality requirements. - Support the resort’s transition to post-opening operations by ensuring accounting processes, resources, systems, and controls are scalable for increased transaction volumes. About You: The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications: - A professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or ACA is required. - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline. A relevant master’s degree is an advantage. - 10+ years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience. Experience in hospitality, integrated resorts, gaming, real estate, or another high-volume multi-entity environment is advantageous. - Prior experience with a Big Four accounting firm is an added advantage. - Demonstrated ability to independently prepare complete financial statements, including notes and supporting schedules. - Strong knowledge of IFRS, period-end closing, general ledger accounting, internal controls, audit requirements, and financial reporting. - Advanced proficiency in ERP and financial reporting systems and advanced Excel skills are required. Experience with Oracle or a comparable enterprise platform is preferred. About the company's Benefits: We offer an attractive salary, paid in Dirhams (AED), the local currency of the UAE. In addition, we offer an excellent leave policy, a healthcare package as well as incentive programs, and other employee benefits. The result is a package that makes this role highly attractive to outstanding applicants seeking a career with the company, among the most renowned and celebrated brands in the global hospitality industry.