Accounting Manager

• Leading complex and/or multiple disputes engagements
• Proactively managing commercial performance, including budgeting, profitability, cash collection and risk mitigation
• Acting as a “go‑to” specialist for colleagues seeking guidance in contentious valuations
• Leading and overseeing multiple commissions, ensuring consistent delivery to HKA’s global standards
• Managing commercial outcomes, quality control and client satisfaction across all engagements
• Serving as a recognised expert in your discipline, advising clients and counsel on sophisticated matters
• Managing and deepening key client and lawyer relationships
• Providing operational leadership to teams, contributing to recruitment decisions and mentoring junior colleagues
• Growing your portfolio and driving business development across EMEA and globally

Director – Forensic Accounting, Commercial Damages

• Leading substantial workstreams on complex disputes and managing smaller engagements end‑to‑end.
• Owning key client relationships and ensuring exceptional delivery.
• Guiding, coaching and developing junior colleagues as part of a growing team.
• Drafting articulate, concise and compelling expert reports, supporting our experts on high‑value disputes.
• Conducting and reviewing sophisticated financial, accounting and economic analyses with a high degree of technical rigour.
• Performing business valuations, using relevant tools and methodologies to generate robust and defensible opinions.
• Communicating insights and deliverables clearly to Partners, clients and legal teams.
• Driving business development, including attending industry events, identifying opportunities and contributing to thought leadership.
• Leading internal development initiatives, from training to process improvement.

Senior Managing Consultant – Forensic Accounting

• Responsible for Accounting and statutory obligations of Blueground's UAE entity locally
• Part of the EMEA accounting team with responsibility for book keeping across EMEA markets
• Ensure all transactions are recorded accurately, completely, and in accordance with IFRS and UAE GAAP
• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll postings, accruals, prepayments, and intercompany entries
• Perform and review all balance sheet reconciliations every month
• Drive month end closing, including journal entry preparation and review, trial balance sign-off, and submission of management accounts to Group within agreed timelines
• Support the year-end close process and coordinate all preparatory work ahead of the statutory audit
• Prepare statutory financial statements in compliance with local GAAP and IFRS, including all required disclosures and supporting schedules
• Maintain technical accounting positions on key areas including lease accounting (IFRS 16), revenue recognition (IFRS 15), and fixed assets
• Ensure Group reporting submissions are accurate, complete, and reconciled to local books at all times
• Act as the primary point of contact for the external auditors, managing the audit process end-to-end from planning through to sign-off
• Act as the statutory representative of Blueground in the UAE, including signatory authority on regulatory filings, banking documentation, account payable cheques and government submissions
• Prepare and file UAE VAT returns accurately and on time, maintaining full supporting documentation
• Manage corporate tax (CT) compliance for the UAE entity, including calculations, filings, and correspondence with the Federal Tax Authority (FTA)
• Ensure compliance with economic substance regulations and any other applicable UAE regulatory requirements
• Oversee corporate secretarial matters for the UAE entity in coordination with legal counsel
• Maintain local banking relationships
• Handle intercompany settlement and reconciliation in coordination with the Group treasury function

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