Purpose

Own management reporting, financial planning, and day-to-day accounting operations for a growing UAE-based food commodity trading and processing business with international supply chains (US, Türkiye, GCC). The role supervises the bookkeeping team, produces the monthly MIS, owns the consolidated cash flow forecast, and prepares lender-grade reporting — working alongside a separate Treasury & Banking function that executes facility operations.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Operations & Bookkeeping

•     Supervise the bookkeeping team: daily transaction recording, AP/AR, inventory accounting, and intercompany entries

•     Run the month-end close process to the Controller's calendar; the Controller retains final sign-off on the close, reconciliations, and accounting judgments

•     Maintain clean, audit-ready books across trading, processing, and in-transit inventory positions

MIS & Management Reporting

•     Produce the monthly MIS pack: P&L, balance sheet, working capital bridge, margin analysis by product and origin, and KPI dashboard

•     Develop landed cost and gross margin models covering multi-origin sourcing and third-party processing arrangements

•     Own the consolidated bank reporting pack as the single source of numbers presented to lenders, incorporating facility data supplied by Treasury

Cash Flow Forecasting

•     Build and maintain the rolling 13-week cash flow forecast, reconciled weekly to actuals

•     Integrate facility positions, maturities, and utilization data provided by the Treasury & Banking function on a fixed weekly cycle

•     Report the cash conversion cycle across procurement, in-transit, processing, and receivables stages

Planning & Analysis

•     Lead the annual budget and quarterly reforecasts

•     Model scenarios for supply, pricing, and FX exposure in commodity procurement

•     Support capex evaluation and financing analysis for expansion projects

•     Define and maintain finance team requirements per geography (UAE, Türkiye, US) — sizing, phasing, and gaps — reviewed quarterly with the Controller and CFO

Scope Boundaries

•     Facility execution — drawdowns, trust receipt settlements, LC issuance, and bank negotiations — sits with the Treasury & Banking function, not this role

•     Final close sign-off, accounting policy, and the audit relationship remain with the Financial Controller

Requirements

•     7–10 years in finance, including experience managing a small accounting team through month-end close

•     Background in a commodity trading, food/agri, or import-distribution business strongly preferred

•     Working familiarity with trade finance instruments (trust receipts, LCs, invoice financing) sufficient to report on them accurately — execution experience not required

•     Proven experience producing management and bank reporting packs

•     Strong Excel-based financial modeling; hands-on ERP experience (any major system)

•     Qualified or part-qualified accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)

•     UAE experience strongly preferred; comfort operating in a family-owned business environment

•     Fluent English; Turkish or Farsi a plus given supply chain geography

What This Role Is Not

This is not a reporting-only or analyst position, nor a treasury role. The successful candidate combines hands-on accounting supervision with analytical ownership of the numbers the business presents internally and to its banks.