Empathetic, intellectually curious, deeply humble, and energized by change. People don't always talk about accountants this way, but we do. This is how we hope to describe the Accounting Manager UK & Dubai, who will soon join Dataiku to help us build our finance and accounting teams in EMEA and globally.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining general ledgers in UK GAAP
• Responsible for annual statutory accounts and the UK statutory filing process
• Participate in monthly closing activities in US GAAP, including preparing and reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, roll forwards, payroll checks, and analytical reviews.
• Supervising the Senior accountant on the Dubai entity (monthly closing activities, Statutory audit, and filing)
• Responsible for the monthly Flux analysis for the UK entity
• Participate in the US audit process for the UK and Dubai entities
• Supporting the Tax department in the preparation of the annual tax return and UK tax filing
• Supporting the Tax department in the preparation of the VAT return
• Ensure that the accounting is executed in compliant with internal policies and accounting regulations
• Liaise with external professionals and government bodies on audit, tax, secretarial, and other issues to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance
• Support the EMEA Accounting Manager with special project and workflow process improvement
• Monitor and analyze team members’ work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Assist the FP&A/Treasury department with the preparation of operational and cash flow forecasts.
• Support budget activities
• Work with direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor/ advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff

Requirements

• Master’s degree in accounting/finance and/or CPA
• Minimum of 8 years of experience
• Strong technical and comprehensive knowledge of UK GAAP
• Statutory compliance (legal/tax/social UK requirements)
• Experience in an audit firm, combined with experience in a company is a plus
• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Team lead/manager experience
• Experience in US GAAP is a plus
• Ability and willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• High-energy individual, proactive, cooperative and results-oriented
• Familiarity with large ERP systems such as Netsuite
• Comprehensive use of Excel