Head of Accounting - Record-to-Report

About the role

Snoonu is looking for a Head of Accounting to lead the Group's entire Record-to-Report (R2R) function, the core of the Finance organization. You will own month-end and year-end closing, Group consolidation and full IFRS compliance across every Snoonu Group entity, and lead the Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting teams. This is a senior technical and people-leadership role.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end R2R across all entities, including month-end and year-end close, journal governance, trial balance review and ledger integrity.
• Own the Group close calendar and governance, with a complete audit trail and supporting documentation.
• Lead Group consolidation (balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings, cash flow) and intercompany eliminations, FX translation and minority interests.
• Act as technical accounting authority for IFRS compliance, including IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 9, IFRS 3 and the Group accounting policy manual.
• Lead accounting for acquisitions, mergers and new entities, including purchase price allocation and goodwill and intangible asset recognition.
• Own IFRS 16 lease accounting and Capital Work-in-Progress governance, and oversee the fixed asset register and depreciation policy.
• Own the annual audit and quarterly reviews, audit planning, PBC delivery and resolution of findings.
• Deliver monthly standalone and consolidated reporting and board/CEO reporting, monitoring EBITDA, net profit, liquidity and DPO.
• Partner on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 migration and finance automation agenda.
• Lead, coach and develop the accounting team, and champion internal controls and process improvements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field, with a recognized professional qualification (CPA, ACCA or CMA); fully qualified ACCA/CPA strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role owning Group consolidation, financial reporting and statutory audit; Big 4 training combined with in-house Group Controller / Head of Accounting experience is ideal.
• Experience consolidating and reporting for a multi-entity, multi-country group, ideally across the GCC.
• Proven track record owning the external audit relationship and delivering clean, on-time statutory and group audits.
• Demonstrated ability to build and develop a multi-layered accounting team, with strong stakeholder management and adaptability in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Required skills

• Deep IFRS expertise, including business combinations, leases, consolidation and revenue recognition, and CWIP and complex capital projects.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP and consolidation systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365, Odoo or equivalent) and advanced Excel.
• Experience accounting for acquisitions, business combinations or corporate restructurings is a strong advantage.
• Track record of ERP, consolidation-tool or process-automation initiatives is a strong advantage.