This Accounting Manager role is responsible for leading regional accounting activities across multiple Middle East markets while being based in Cairo, Egypt. The position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong governance, and high?quality close processes within a complex, multinational environment.
Client Details
Our client is a well?established multinational organization operating within a highly regulated and fast?paced industry. The business has a strong regional footprint across the Middle East and is known for its commitment to operational excellence, robust governance standards, and long?term investment in talent and leadership capability.
Description
· Lead and oversee end?to?end accounting operations across multiple Middle East markets, ensuring consistency and compliance across all entities
· Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and high reporting quality
· Supervise and guide local accounting teams, promoting standardized accounting practices and strong controllership discipline
· Act as the primary regional point of contact for accounting governance and financial control matters
· Review journals, accruals, provisions, prepayments, and reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy
· Drive continuous improvement in close efficiency, reporting quality, and balance sheet integrity
· Maintain strong ownership of balance sheet accounts, ensuring timely resolution of aged or complex items
· Oversee accounting controls across payables, receivables, inventory, fixed assets, intercompany, payroll, and tax balances
· Ensure full compliance with IFRS, internal accounting policies, and local statutory requirements
· Provide technical accounting guidance for complex or non?routine transactions
· Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring audit readiness and timely closure of findings
· Support statutory audits and liaise with external advisors and local finance teams
· Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and standardization
· Strengthening ERP controls and accounting workflows, supporting broader finance transformation initiatives
· Reinforce internal control frameworks, segregation of duties, and governance standards
· Coach, develop, and upskill accounting team members across the region
· Build a high?performance accounting culture focused on quality, ownership, and continuous improvement
Job Offer
* Opportunity to lead regional accounting activities within a complex multinational setup
* High?visibility role with exposure to senior regional and global finance leadership
* Involvement in finance transformation, process improvement, and governance initiatives
* Strong emphasis on professional development and leadership growth
* Stable and well?structured organization with a long?term regional strategy
· Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
· Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA, or similar is highly desirable
· 6 to 8 years of progressive experience in accounting or controllership roles
· Big 4 audit or advisory experience is strongly preferred
· Prior experience within a multinational or regional organization
· Strong working knowledge of IFRS and statutory reporting requirements
· Proven experience managing financial close, audits, and internal controls
· Solid exposure to balance sheet management and account reconciliations
· Experience working with ERP systems, with SAP experience strongly preferred
· Strong leadership, analytical, and stakeholder management skills