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Telcovas Solutions & Services

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 Company Description
 
 Telcovas Solutions &amp; Services is a global telecom solutions provider enabling operators and enterprises to adopt next-generation technologies with confidence. The company delivers secure, scalable, and revenue-focused offerings across 5G, private networks, OSS/BSS, cybersecurity, IoT, and digital value-added services. With operations in more than 45 countries and over 100 global clients, Telcovas supports networks serving 800+ million subscribers. Its end-to-end services span consulting, design, engineering, execution, and 24/7 monitoring to simplify complexity and drive operational efficiency. Telcovas is committed to building future-ready networks that empower businesses, communities, and industries in a smarter, more connected world.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Role Description
 
 This is a full-time, on-site Financial Controller role based in Dubai. The Financial Controller will oversee day-to-day financial operations, including general ledger management, month-end and year-end closing, and preparation of accurate financial statements in compliance with applicable standards. The role involves managing budgeting and forecasting processes, monitoring cash flow, and providing financial analysis to support strategic and operational decisions. The Financial Controller will implement and maintain internal controls, ensure timely financial reporting, and coordinate with external auditors, banks, and regulatory bodies. The individual will collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to optimize costs, manage financial risks, and support business growth in a fast-paced telecom technology environment.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Key Requirements/Qualifications
 
 
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 10+ years of finance and accounting experience, with at least 5 years in a Finance Controller or similar leadership role.
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 Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or ACA.
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 Strong knowledge of
 
 UAE Corporate Tax, VAT, IFRS, and mainland/offshore entity structures
 
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 Experience managing multi-country operations, cross-border transactions, and international taxation.
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 Good understanding of
 
 African tax regulations
 
 , including VAT/GST, withholding taxes, and compliance requirements across key African markets.
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 Prior experience in Telecom, Technology, Cybersecurity, ICT, or related sectors preferred.
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 Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a diverse, cross-functional team.
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 What You'll Do:
 
 
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 Oversee financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, and cash flow management.
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 Ensure compliance with UAE and international tax regulations.
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 Support commercial decision-making, contracts, and business expansion initiatives.
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 Manage audits, financial controls, and regional finance operations.
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Financial Controller

Sephora

<div>At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful. Since its inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, Sephora has been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, Sephora continues to break with convention to drive its mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty. With 56,000 employees in 35 countries, we connect customers and beauty brands within the world&rsquo;s most passionate beauty community. With a curation of nearly 500 brands, and our own label, Sephora Collection, we offer the most unique and diverse range of products: fragrances, makeup, hair care, skincare... and much more 
Position Purpose:<div>
The Financial Controller will be responsible for supporting the Management Team in achieving the company&rsquo;s business and financial measures. This role will partner with the business functions in Middle East and in Europe and deliver high level financial information on time.</div><div></div><div> 
You will excel and enjoy this role if you are ready to actively handle the following missions:</div><div></div><div> 
Financial Planning</div><ul><li>
Lead financial annual budgeting and reforecasting processes for key P&amp;L lines, including the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of forecasting models to ensure accurate financial plans.</li><li>
Support with timely submission of forecasts in the LVMH systems</li><li>
Monthly Outlook /Estimates (on a request / ad-hoc basis)</li></ul><div></div><div> 
Reporting &amp; Analysis</div><ul><li>
Lead month-end variance analysis, providing insights into financial performance and key underlying drivers, changes against the plan, and upcoming risk and opportunities</li><li>
Translate complex data into compelling narratives, clearly communicating trends, insights, and actionable impacts to guide strategic decision-making.</li><li>
Close partnership with business to monitor and analyze key investment areas &amp; recommend actions for improvement.</li><li>
Participation in month-end close process &amp; delivery of financial and management reports per company&rsquo;s schedule</li><li>
Ad hoc analyses to support the business</li></ul><div></div><div> 
Do not hesitate to apply if you have:</div><ul><li>
5-8 years of experience in FP&amp;A, business partnering or controlling roles; BIG 4 experience is a plus.</li><li>
Business partnering skills - ability to build trusting relationships with different stakeholders in France and Middle East.</li><li>
Analytical thinking, always looking for opportunities for improvement.</li><li>
Advanced Excel and Reporting systems understanding skills.</li><li>
High level of accuracy, with an eye for details while keeping the big picture in sight.</li></ul> 
Here, you will find:<ul><li>
Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.</li><li>
Culture of empowerment, learning &amp; growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead</li><li>
Work that brings, fulfillment. From delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference</li></ul> 
Join us and belong to something beautiful.</div>

Independent Food Company

<div>
 
 Independent Food Company is home to some of the region's most recognised hospitality concepts, including SALT, Somewhere, Parker's, Shalwa, Somewhere, and Public. We are a fast-growing organisation with an expanding portfolio of concepts, an active acquisition strategy, and ambitious plans for growth across new and existing markets.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ROLE PURPOSE
 
 
 
 Lead the Finance Center of Excellence (CoE) for back-end accounting across the group. Own the integrity, control, and compliance of all financial reporting &mdash; and build the standardised platform that allows the CoE to scale across brands and geographies. The role is the foundation of the group&rsquo;s finance transformation; the first 12 months are about clearing the past, hardening controls, and embedding the operating model.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SCOPE OF FUNCTION (PHASE 1)
 
 
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 General Accounting &mdash; month-end close, journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, entity-level financials across all current entities
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 AR &amp; Revenue Accounting &mdash; revenue recognition, AR ageing, customer &amp; aggregator reconciliation, cash recon
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 Tax &amp; Compliance &mdash; UAE VAT and Corporate Tax, UK tax (Public entity), Transfer Pricing documentation, regulatory filings
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 Treasury &amp; Master Data &mdash; bank account governance, banking relationships, chart of accounts, vendor &amp; customer master data, project / WBS structure
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 Project Accounting absorbed into GA &mdash; projects become a coding dimension, not a function
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 Phase 2 (~6&ndash;9 months in): Accounts Payable merges into the function, expanding scope to ~12 direct or matrixed reports
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 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 
 
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 Build the CoE on five pillars:
 
 (1) single chart of accounts and master data; (2) standard close calendar and ledger discipline; (3) documented controls and maker-checker everywhere; (4) technology that does the work, not the people; (5) service-level agreements with the brands.
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 Own month-end close:
 
 Sign off financial statements per entity, ensure a 5-working-day close cycle, lead the close calendar across all functions.
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 Embed segregation of duties and maker-checker:
 
 Implement maker-checker on journals, balance-sheet recons, vendor master, bank-detail changes, and payment release.
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 Lead prior-year cleanup:
 
 Supervise external secondment team (3&ndash;6 months) clearing historical audit findings, restating positions where required, building the BSR pack going forward.
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 Tax &amp; compliance ownership:
 
 Direct oversight of UAE VAT/CT, UK CT/VAT, transfer pricing, ESR, AML/KYC for vendors, UBO registration.
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 Master data governance:
 
 Establish single source of truth for COA, vendor master, customer master, cost centres, projects/WBS. No brand creates GL codes or vendors without CoE sign-off.
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 Build &amp; maintain policy and SOP library:
 
 Ensure every transaction class has a documented policy and SOP, version-controlled, periodically reviewed.
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 External audit relationship:
 
 Primary contact for external auditors, manage audit timeline, address management letter points, drive control-environment improvements.
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 Develop the team:
 
 Coach Sr Accountants, fill critical vacancies, build a succession bench, partner with HR on capability building.
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 Partner with brands and FP&amp;A:
 
 Publish SLAs to brands; provide clean, timely actuals to FP&amp;A; support business cases and investment reviews with reliable data.
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 Scale the platform:
 
 Year 2 deliverable &mdash; make the CoE replicable for a new geography or brand addition without redesigning the model.
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 QUALIFICATIONS &amp; EXPERIENCE
 
 
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 Qualified accountant &mdash; CA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent (mandatory)
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 10&ndash;15 years progressive finance experience, including 4+ years as Financial Controller, Head of Finance, or CoE leadership
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 Multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction exposure &mdash; UAE + UK essential;
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 F&amp;B, hospitality, or multi-outlet retail background strongly preferred
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 Demonstrated experience building or transforming a finance function from fragmented to controlled
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 Strong NetSuite (or equivalent ERP) expertise; experience integrating ERP with operational systems
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 Excellent communicator able to partner with operations and senior leadership
 
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Duralock (UK) Ltd

About The Duralock GroupThe Duralock Group is a specialist manufacturer and supplier of safety infrastructure for the global racing, equestrian and sports industries.For over 35 years, Duralock products have helped protect athletes, horses, jockeys and spectators at some of the world's leading sporting venues. Today, our products can be found in more than 47 countries worldwide, with operations spanning the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Australia.As the business continues its international expansion, we are seeking an ambitious Group Financial Controller to join our leadership team in Dubai and help support the next phase of growth.The OpportunityThis is a unique opportunity to work directly alongside the CEO in a highly entrepreneurial international business.The successful candidate will take ownership of the Group's financial reporting, cashflow management and financial controls whilst supporting strategic growth initiatives across multiple international markets.This role is ideally suited to an ambitious finance professional seeking to develop into a future Finance Director or CFO position.Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial Reporting &amp; Control<ul><li>Preparation of monthly management accounts for all Group companies.</li><li>Consolidation of financial information across multiple international entities.</li><li>Preparation of monthly board reporting packs and KPI dashboards.</li><li>Maintenance and improvement of financial controls and reporting processes.</li><li>Coordination of annual audits and statutory reporting requirements.</li></ul>Cash Flow &amp; Working Capital<ul><li>Management of weekly and monthly cashflow forecasts.</li><li>Monitoring of working capital performance.</li><li>Oversight of debtor and creditor reporting.</li><li>Support banking relationships and treasury activities.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve cash conversion and financial efficiency.</li></ul>Commercial Finance<ul><li>Monitor gross profit margins and project profitability.</li><li>Support commercial teams with financial analysis and reporting.</li><li>Assist with budgeting, forecasting and business planning.</li><li>Develop meaningful financial insights to support decision-making.</li></ul>International Operations<ul><li>Support the financial management of the Group's international operations.</li><li>Liaise with external accountants, advisers and banking partners.</li><li>Assist with multi-currency reporting and foreign exchange management.</li><li>Support future international expansion initiatives.</li></ul>Systems &amp; Process Improvement<ul><li>Drive continuous improvement across finance systems and reporting.</li><li>Support the development of management dashboards and business intelligence reporting.</li><li>Ensure finance processes are scalable to support future growth.</li></ul>About YouWe are seeking a highly motivated individual who combines strong financial discipline with commercial awareness.The ideal candidate will possess:<ul><li>ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent qualification (or nearing qualification).</li><li>3&ndash;7 years' experience within finance, accounting or financial control.</li><li>Experience preparing management accounts and financial reports.</li><li>Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.</li><li>Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.</li><li>A proactive and problem-solving mindset.</li><li>Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with senior leadership.</li></ul>Experience within manufacturing, construction, engineering or project-based businesses would be advantageous.Experience working within the UAE or international organisations would also be beneficial.What Success Looks LikeWithin your first 12 months you will:<ul><li>Deliver accurate monthly reporting across the Group.</li><li>Implement robust cashflow forecasting processes.</li><li>Improve visibility of profitability and margin performance.</li><li>Support the leadership team with better financial insights and decision-making.</li><li>Establish a finance function capable of supporting international growth.</li></ul>Why Join Duralock?<ul><li>Work directly alongside the CEO and senior leadership team.</li><li>Play a key role in an ambitious international growth strategy.</li><li>Gain exposure to projects across Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East.</li><li>Genuine progression opportunity towards Finance Director level.</li><li>Competitive salary and performance-related bonus.</li><li>Dynamic and entrepreneurial working environment.</li></ul>Our VisionWe are building the world's leading specialist provider of safety infrastructure for sport and equestrian facilities.If you are ambitious, commercially minded and excited by the opportunity to grow alongside an international business, we would love to hear from you.Pay: AED15,000.00 - AED18,000.00 per monthLanguage:<ul><li>Arabic (Required)</li></ul>Work Location: In person

Group Financial Controller

Automated Trading SoftTech Pvt Ltd

Position Overview: We require a meticulous and strategic financial leader to take complete ownership of our fiscal management, budgeting systems, and internal governance frameworks for our global DMCC trading operations.Key Responsibilities:&bull; Fiscal Strategy &amp; Reporting: Lead all financial planning, corporate budgeting, detailed forecasting models, and present monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements.&bull; Accounting Excellence: Supervise the internal accounting team, ensure rigorous closing processes, maintain pristine general ledgers, and uphold IFRS compliance standards.&bull; Treasury &amp; Liquidity Management: Oversee corporate treasury functions, optimize capital allocations, manage cash flow runways, and mitigate foreign exchange risk across entities.&bull; Taxation &amp; Audit: Coordinate and manage relationships with external auditors and ensure absolute corporate tax and UAE VAT compliance, filings, and documentation.Requirements &amp; Qualifications:&bull; Credentials (Mandatory): Chartered Accountant (CA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or equivalent global accounting qualification.&bull; Experience: 8+ years of progressive financial leadership and corporate accounting experience, ideally within a multinational trading, commodities, or holding entity.Work Location: In person

Deluxe Holiday Homes

<div>About Deluxe Holiday Homes
Deluxe Holiday Homes is a leading holiday-home and property-management company in Dubai, managing 700+ premium short-term rentals. The wider Deluxe Homes Group runs several licensed entities, a real-estate brokerage and joint ventures across the UAE and Armenia. We are professionalizing the finance function and need a hands-on Chief Accountant to own the books, tax and audit across the group.
Role Overview
We are looking for a qualified, hands-on Chief Accountant + Tax to own month-end close, Corporate Tax and VAT, and the external audit across all group entities. You keep the books clean, the filings on time, and the auditors, banks and the FTA properly handled. This is a hands-on ownership role, not review-only. You close the books, file the returns yourself, lead the audit, and run the controls &mdash; supervising the Senior Accountant in Dubai and the accounting team in Armenia, and feeding clean numbers to the Financial Controller.
You make the calls in your remit and escalate only what genuinely needs the Deputy GM or the Owner.
Note: Sole bank-signing authority stays with the Owner: you prepare, control and release for approval &mdash; you do not self-pay. 
Key Responsibilities
Close and consolidation<ul><li>Own the month-end close calendar and deliver closed books on deadline across all entities.</li><li>Review and sign off journals, reconciliations and the trial balance before consolidation.</li><li>Prepare clean consolidation inputs for the Financial Controller&rsquo;s management pack.</li></ul>
Tax and audit<ul><li>File Corporate Tax and VAT in-house, accurately and on time; keep CT / VAT and JV transfer-pricing working papers.</li><li>Lead the external audit (Deloitte) end to end &mdash; prepare the file, manage queries, deliver signed financials.</li><li>Be the primary point of contact for banks and the FTA on accounts, facilities and correspondence.</li></ul>
Controls and intercompany<ul><li>Run the controls framework &mdash; segregation of duties and payment-approval routing.</li><li>Keep intercompany balances reconciled and correctly eliminated on consolidation.</li><li>Oversee the Dubai cash-control framework: GRO handover reconciliation and deposit discipline.</li></ul>
Team and records<ul><li>Supervise the Senior Accountant (Dubai) and the accounting team (Armenia); review their work.</li><li>Maintain the fixed-asset register, accruals and prepayment schedules.</li><li>Ensure statutory and licence-linked filings are met on time.</li></ul> 
Required Qualifications<ul><li>Qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent) with 5+ years, including a senior or chief-accountant role.</li><li>Hands-on UAE Corporate Tax and VAT &mdash; you have filed both yourself, not only reviewed.</li><li>Strong month-end close, consolidation and intercompany across multiple entities.</li><li>Audit-firm or audited-company background &mdash; you can run a Deloitte-level audit end to end.</li><li>UAE-resident, comfortable fronting banks and the FTA; strong written English.</li><li>Decisive operator &mdash; you make the calls in your remit and report after. We will reference-check this.</li><li>AI tools used daily (ChatGPT, Claude) to draft, reconcile and check. Not optional in 2026.</li></ul>
Preferred Qualifications<ul><li>Hospitality, real-estate or property-management sector experience.</li><li>Guesty, ERPNext or a similar PMS / ERP finance environment.</li><li>Experience supervising a remote (e.g. Armenia) accounting team.</li><li>Group / multi-entity and joint-venture accounting.</li><li>Arabic for dealing with authorities.</li></ul></div>

Chief Accountant + Tax

<div><div><div>If you are a current DSV employee and interested in a position in another country, please contact your Human Resource representative to discuss the process and requirements of applying.
</div></div><div><div><div><div>Job Req Number: 118021 
Time Type: Full Time 
The DSV group, headquartered in Denmark, is one of the biggest transport and logistics companies in the world, with more than 160,000 dedicated employees and presence in 90 countries. 


The Financial Controller&rsquo;s mission is to ensure accurate, reliable and quality reporting of different entities within the Cluster MENA by monitoring GP related matters, reviewing the PLBS and ensuring key controls are adhered to. The Financial Controller needs to support the Business Controlling Manager of Contract Logistics, MENA and In-Country Finance with clear and objective comments on different daily business maters based on the site performance and provide operations with a means of guidance on its decisions regarding its business performance. 


General Responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Support function to the Business Controlling Manager for Contract Logistics and In-Country Finance teams.</li>
<li>Prepare and present the internal reporting (management accounts based on SAP SAC and TMS reports) to business and provide detailed comments on the main events that occurred during the month (variance analysis)</li>
<li>Analyze the site/branch/product results and propose different initiatives to improve profitability and productivity.</li>
<li>Organize, support and guide the target process with local finance and business. Prepare the P&amp;L budget based on the SAP SAC tools.</li>
<li>Reconcile targets and forecasts in AFO against final country submissions and RtR inputs to ensure consistency and accuracy across systems.</li>
<li>Support Local Finance by guiding and supporting initiatives to help drive improved profitability.</li>
<li>Support local finance with rolling forecasts and then report to Group.</li>
<li>Analyse and improve the different processes regarding the estimations of the work in progress (run off&rsquo;s), unbilled work in progress, cost centre reporting, functional area and overall gross profit.</li>
<li>Reconcile the billing data from the Transportation Management System (TMS) with the financial records in SAP/CW1 (or other finance systems) to ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper revenue. recognition.</li>
<li>Follow up the evolution of the EBIT and deliver a forecast for month end.</li>
<li>Analyse EBIT trends to identify and investigate anomalies, providing clear explanations for variances to support informed financial decision-making.</li>
<li>Prepare and present reports to local finance/business like &ndash; sales reports, client profitability/returns, product reports and daily GP dashboards.</li>
<li>Key knowledge of Revenue drivers and analysis, to assist in preparation of quarterly reports for Group.</li>
<li>Support in being the point of contact between the Regional Shared Service centre and Operations/Country Finance.</li>
<li>Ensure the SAP Controlling structure (cost centres) is validated by local finance and business and update this in the relevant systems.</li>
<li>Knowledge of Local Key reporting to be able to prepare and analyse customer reporting.</li>
<li>Develop a solid understanding of warehouse operations and processes to effectively support and contribute to site-level reporting for Regional Finance Management.</li>
<li>Assist Local Finance with Property data management.</li>
<li>Analyse and report on staff costs (detailed review) and FTE&rsquo;s.</li>
<li>Participate in the Local Management meetings representing the RSSC Controlling.</li>
<li>Ensure that the different financial processes are respected locally not only by the Finance employees but also by Operations.</li>
<li>Assist with the Group and Local Statutory audits (IFRS) by providing local relevant information requested by the auditors.</li>
<li>Support in preparing and presenting special reporting required by business/local finance (Board presentations/ business cases/ ROIC)</li>
<li>Ad-hoc duties as and when required.</li></ul> 


Qualifications &amp; Characteristics:
<ul>
<li>Minimum of 3 years&rsquo; experience in a financial controller/financial manager role.</li>
<li>Minimum 2 years&rsquo; experience in a Shared Services Finance environment dealing with controlling functions.</li>
<li>Minimum 2 years&rsquo; experience in operational finance management function in the Contract Logistics environment.</li>
<li>High attention to detail and accuracy.</li>
<li>Strong analytical skills.</li>
<li>Must be controls and process focused.</li>
<li>Must be able to work well under pressure and deliver on deadlines.</li>
<li>Good understanding of financial statements, balance sheet recons and reports.</li>
<li>Must be a team player.</li>
<li>Must possess good time management skills.</li>
<li>Ability to work long hours of overtime when necessary.</li>
<li>Self-Starter who will use own initiative.</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li>
<li>Have a creative and problem-solving approach.</li>
<li>Previous experience in a Shared Services environment would be an added advantage.(Finance function)</li>
<li>Must possess effective communication skills.</li></ul><div></div> 
DSV &ndash; Global Transport and Logistics

Working at DSV means playing in a different league. As a global leader in transport and logistics, we have been on an extraordinary journey of growth. Let&rsquo;s grow together as we continue to innovate, digitalise and build on our achievements.

With close to 150,000 colleagues in over 90 countries, we work every day to offer solid services and meet our customers&rsquo; needs and help them achieve their goals. We know that the best way to achieve this is by bringing in new talent, fresh perspectives and ambitious individuals like you. 


At DSV, performance is in our DNA. We don&rsquo;t just work &ndash; we aim to shape the future of logistics. This ambition fuels a dynamic environment built on collaboration with world-class team players, accountability and action. We value inclusivity, embrace different cultures and respect the dignity and rights of every individual. If you want to make an impact, be trusted by customers and grow your career in a forward-thinking company &ndash; this is the place to be.

Start here. Go anywhere 


Visit dsv.com</div></div></div></div></div>

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