Senior Financial Controlling Analyst
Finance
Dubai
Onsite
Full-time
Senior
8+ Years
Posted Aug 9, 2026
About the role
A client of byteSpark.ai is seeking a Senior Financial Controlling Analyst to strengthen financial governance, safeguard assets, and deliver clear insights that support informed business decisions. The role will support the development and consistent application of operational accounting policies, procedures, and controls across multiple geographies. The successful candidate will oversee chart-of-accounts governance, intercompany accounting, transfer-pricing compliance, document retention, and appropriate authorization of accounting transactions. They will support half-year and year-end impairment assessments, external and internal audits, cash counts, inventory write-off reviews, and the timely implementation of audit recommendations. The analyst will prepare management reports, budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses that explain performance drivers and recommend corrective actions. They will partner with finance and operational stakeholders to monitor actual results against approved plans and improve the reliability of financial information. The role will also develop and deliver training and workshops covering accounting procedures, financial controls, and IFRS requirements. The analyst will conduct targeted workflow reviews, identify control or process weaknesses, and support automation initiatives that improve efficiency without compromising governance. This position requires extensive financial controlling experience, strong IFRS and internal-control expertise, and the ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly to senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a closely related discipline.
- At least eight years of relevant experience in financial controlling, accounting, audit, or financial analysis, including senior-level ownership of finance activities.
- At least two years of experience with an external audit or accounting consultancy, including exposure to audit evidence, control testing, and remediation activities.
- Advanced practical knowledge of IFRS, operational accounting policies, account governance, and financial statement controls.
- Demonstrated experience designing, operating, testing, or improving internal financial controls and system-governance procedures.
- Strong capability in budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, and actual-versus-plan variance analysis.
- Experience with intercompany accounting, transfer-pricing transactions, impairment assessments, audit support, and chart-of-accounts maintenance.
- Advanced spreadsheet and financial systems skills, with the ability to analyze complex data, automate finance processes, and produce decision-ready reporting.
Desirable skills
- Professional accounting certification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA, or an equivalent qualification.
- Hands-on experience with SAP BPC, SAP Business Warehouse, or comparable enterprise planning and reporting platforms.
- Financial controlling, audit, or inventory-control experience within retail or another high-volume, multi-entity environment.
- Experience delivering training or workshops on IFRS, accounting procedures, and financial controls.
- Experience supporting finance transformation, workflow automation, or control standardization across multiple geographies.
Role details
- Department
- Finance
- Location
- Dubai
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job level
- Senior
- Experience
- 8+ Years
- Industry
- Finance
- Sub-industry
- Investment Management
- Compensation
- AED 35K-45K/month + visa and medical for family
Frequently asked questions
This recruitment process is being managed by byteSpark.ai on behalf of a client organisation. byteSpark.ai is not the employer for this position. Further information about the client, reporting structure, business environment, and role context will be shared with shortlisted candidates at the appropriate stage.
This is a senior finance role with a strong combination of financial controlling, governance, audit, planning, and business performance responsibilities. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence how financial controls are applied across multiple geographies while also improving reporting, forecasting, process reliability, and finance automation.
The successful candidate will support financial governance across areas including operational accounting policies, chart-of-accounts management, intercompany accounting, transfer-pricing compliance, impairment assessments, audit support, document retention, transaction authorisation, cash and inventory controls, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
The client is looking for at least eight years of relevant experience across financial controlling, accounting, audit, or financial analysis, with clear evidence of senior-level ownership. Candidates should also have strong practical experience with IFRS, internal financial controls, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and variance analysis.
Yes. The role requires at least two years of experience with an external audit or accounting consultancy. Candidates should be able to demonstrate exposure to audit evidence, control testing, audit support, remediation activities, and the implementation of audit recommendations.
Candidates will stand out if they can demonstrate strong financial controlling ownership across multiple entities or geographies, improvements to financial controls, practical IFRS expertise, management reporting that influenced decisions, and measurable improvements to finance processes. Experience in retail or another high-volume, multi-entity environment will also be valuable.
They are not listed as absolute requirements, but they will strengthen an application. Professional qualifications such as ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent are desirable. Hands-on experience with SAP BPC, SAP Business Warehouse, or comparable enterprise planning and reporting platforms will also be highly regarded.
The role is based onsite in Dubai. The indicated compensation range is AED 35,000 to AED 45,000 per month, together with visa and medical coverage for the candidate's family. Final compensation will depend on the candidate's experience, technical depth, and overall fit for the position.