Senior Accountant - Group Finance

About the role

The Senior Accountant ensures accurate financial reporting, reconciliations, regulatory compliance and financial controls across multiple entities, while supporting financial planning, cash flow management, audit coordination and timely management reporting in line with strong accounting standards.

Key responsibilities

• Lead account reconciliations across operating entities against audited financial statements and rebuild opening balances, including intercompany and related-party balances, employee provisions and aged payables.
• Maintain entity records such as CR, VAT, Tax Card, PASI, bank signatories and specimen signatures.
• Establish a monthly closing cycle within 10 working days, delivering MIS reports on P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, receivables, payables, bank reconciliations and VAT/SPF compliance.
• Standardize the chart of accounts across entities and prepare budget-versus-actual variance reports, quarterly board reports and ad-hoc analyses.
• Implement petty-cash controls (imprest systems, monthly reconciliations, float limits, authorized expenses) and strengthen vendor payments through electronic requisitions, three-way matching and approval limits.
• Ensure VAT, SPF and corporate tax compliance and act as the main liaison with the Tax Authority, SPF, statutory auditors and external tax advisers.
• Monitor daily cash positions, prepare 13-week rolling cash forecasts and act as the primary interface with banks.

Required profile

• Postgraduate qualification in Finance or Accounting with 5-7 years of experience.
• Prior experience in a multi-entity group environment with intercompany reconciliations, consolidated reporting and group-wide VAT and SPF compliance.
• Experience in the Sultanate of Oman with current knowledge of Omani Labour Law (Royal Decree 53/2023), Social Protection Law (RD 52/2023), VAT Law (RD 121/2020), Corporate Tax (RD 28/2009) and the SPF contribution regime.
• Preferred: experience leading a clean-up or turnaround finance assignment and experience with IFRS or Omani taxation certification.

Required skills

• Strong Excel, including 13-week cash forecasts, variance analysis and board-pack schedules.
• Working familiarity with Odoo, Tally and QuickBooks.