Financial Controller – Remote

About the role

KEZA Industries is seeking a senior Financial Controller to build and own the finance function for its growing manufacturing group. The role is fully remote, reporting to the CFO, and will involve creating the month‑end close, balance‑sheet integrity, job costing, budgeting, cash‑flow management and multi‑entity reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Lead daily reconciliation of bank accounts, petty cash, receivables and payables and produce a weekly flash report.
• Execute a full IFRS month‑end close within the first five working days, moving to day three within a year.
• Design and implement job costing from scratch, including material, labor and overhead absorption.
• Build an annual bottom‑up budget and maintain a rolling forecast.
• Manage daily cash position, rolling cash forecasts and working‑capital optimisation across the group.
• Consolidate multi‑entity results, perform inter‑company eliminations and provide performance insights by entity and business line.
• Support investment appraisal, VAT returns, corporate tax provision and external audit coordination.
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly management reports with analytical commentary.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive finance procedures manual.
• Train and develop two existing finance team members and advise on function growth.

Required profile

• Qualified or finalist ICAAP, CA, ACCA, CPA or CMA; Big‑4 or mid‑tier audit/articles experience preferred.
• Minimum five years of finance experience with full ownership of month‑end close.
• Manufacturing background with inventory and work‑in‑progress accounting.
• Strong applied knowledge of IFRS and multi‑entity/group consolidation.
• Demonstrated remote‑working experience, including managing colleagues in other countries.
• Excellent written English.

Required skills

• Advanced QuickBooks Online (chart of accounts design, class/project tracking, integrations).
• Google Workspace (Drive, Sheets, Docs, shared drives, permissions).
• Job costing and overhead absorption methodology.
• Budgeting, forecasting and cash‑flow modelling.
• Multi‑entity consolidation and inter‑company accounting.
• VAT and corporate tax compliance (UAE exposure advantageous).