Assistant Manager - Finance (Shared Services) Job at LANDMARK GROUP
Job title: Assistant Manager - Finance (Shared Services). Company: LANDMARK GROUP. Location: Other, UAE
Job Description
1. Management Financials & Performance Reporting:
Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close process within the R2R framework, ensuring strict adherence to global timelines.
Review and finalize monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) prior to leadership distribution.
Conduct deep-dive variance analysis (Actuals vs. Budget/Forecast) and provide actionable financial insights to executive management.
Ensure management reporting accurately reflects business operations and aligns with corporate financial strategies.
2. Statutory Financials & Compliance:
Oversee the preparation and rigorous review of annual statutory financial statements in compliance with IFRS
Manage the "Stat-to-GAAP" adjustments and ensure seamless reconciliation between management and statutory books.
Stay abreast of changing accounting standards and implement necessary policy updates across the R2R function.
3. Balance Sheet Management & Control:
Act as the primary owner of the company’s Balance Sheet, ensuring overall financial health and accuracy.
Lead monthly Balance Sheet review meetings with regional finance teams and senior leadership.
Review and approve complex account reconciliations; identify, investigate, and resolve long-outstanding or high-risk items promptly.
Implement and monitor robust internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and ensure SOX compliance (if applicable) across all R2R processes.
4. Audit Management:
Act as the primary liaison and project manager for all external and internal audits.
Coordinate the preparation of audit schedules, deliverables, and financial statements required by external auditors.
Address and resolve complex audit queries, technical accounting issues, and audit adjustments in a timely manner.
Track and implement audit recommendations and remediation plans to improve financial controls and processes.
5. Process Excellence
Identify bottlenecks in the close process and drive automation/process improvement initiatives using tools like Oracle.
Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) / Order-to-Cash (O2C) teams to ensure seamless data flow and accuracy.
Responsibilities
1. Management Financials & Performance Reporting:
Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close process within the R2R framework, ensuring strict adherence to global timelines.
Review and finalize monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) prior to leadership distribution.
Conduct deep-dive variance analysis (Actuals vs. Budget/Forecast) and provide actionable financial insights to executive management.
Ensure management reporting accurately reflects business operations and aligns with corporate financial strategies.
2. Statutory Financials & Compliance:
Oversee the preparation and rigorous review of annual statutory financial statements in compliance with IFRS
Manage the "Stat-to-GAAP" adjustments and ensure seamless reconciliation between management and statutory books.
Stay abreast of changing accounting standards and implement necessary policy updates across the R2R function.
3. Balance Sheet Management & Control:
Act as the primary owner of the company’s Balance Sheet, ensuring overall financial health and accuracy.
Lead monthly Balance Sheet review meetings with regional finance teams and senior leadership.
Review and approve complex account reconciliations; identify, investigate, and resolve long-outstanding or high-risk items promptly.
Implement and monitor robust internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and ensure SOX compliance (if applicable) across all R2R processes.
4. Audit Management:
Act as the primary liaison and project manager for all external and internal audits.
Coordinate the preparation of audit schedules, deliverables, and financial statements required by external auditors.
Address and resolve complex audit queries, technical accounting issues, and audit adjustments in a timely manner.
Track and implement audit recommendations and remediation plans to improve financial controls and processes.
5. Process Excellence
Identify bottlenecks in the close process and drive automation/process improvement initiatives using tools like Oracle.
Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) / Order-to-Cash (O2C) teams to ensure seamless data flow and accuracy.
Qualifications
B.Com/MBA/CA with 7+ year experience
Required Skills
Variance Analysis
About Us
Our journey started in 1973 with a single store in Bahrain. Since then, we have grown into a global retail and hospitality group. The proud creator of 25 plus value led, own-built brands across retail, hospitality, food, and leisure.
Over the years, our UAE - based group has evolved into a comprehensive retail and hospitality entity, with over 2200 retail stores, leisure, and hospitality outlets, panning the GCC, Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Today, Landmark Group is one of GCC's largest omnichannel retailers and India's top home and fashion retailer.
We take immense pride in the organic growth of our retail brands, which have blossomed into household names. From Max, Splash, Babyshop, Centrepoint, Shoemart, Homecentre, Emax, Fitness First, to Funcity, to name a few, our brands span across a multitude of categories, enriching the lives of countless families over the past decade.
