Senior Analyst, Financial Control (Maternity Cover)

Company Description

We’re Checkout.com – you might not know our name, but companies like eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony do. That moment when you check out online? We make it happen.

Checkout.com is where the world checks out. Our global network powers billions of transactions every year, making money move without making a fuss. We spent years perfecting a service most people will never notice. Because when digital payments just work, businesses grow, customers stay, and no one stops to think about why.

With 19 offices spanning six continents, we feel at home everywhere – but London is our HQ. Wherever our people work their magic, they’re fast-moving, performance-obsessed, and driven by being better every day. Ideal. Because a role here isn’t just another job; it’s a career-defining opportunity to build the future of fintech.

Job Description

8 Month Maternity Cover (February 2026 - September 2026)

Due to upcoming maternity leave, we are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Analyst in Financial Control to join our finance team in Dubai.

The role

This hands-on role in the Financial Control team reports to the Director of Financial Control (MENA) and is critical for maintaining accurate financial control and regulatory compliance across all MENA entities. A key function of the role is to interface with external auditors for both local and Group audits, managing queries and ensuring timely preparation and submission of audit documentation. The senior analyst will also be the primary resource for producing, validating, and analyzing regional regulatory returns, and must collaborate closely with internal teams (e.g., Compliance, Treasury, Group Regulatory Reporting) to ensure all obligations are met in a controlled and timely manner. 

If successful, you will be joining at an exciting time as we invest in strengthening our accounting operations and improving the quality and robustness of our financial reporting, with a particular focus on the standardisation and automation of reconciliation and robust internal controls.

What you will be doing:

• Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with IFRS.

• Assist in financial reconciliations, journal entries, and variance analysis.

• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports, analysis and journal entries to support our VAT returns in the UAE and KSA

• Own the accounting for Intercompany Processes for the MENA region, including Transfer Pricing invoices and Intercompany Balance Sheet reconciliations

• Be responsible for the preparation, production, and review of regulatory returns in the region, in line with relevant reporting standards and local regulatory requirements

• Validate and reconcile data used in regulatory reports, ensuring completeness, consistency, and accuracy, resolving data quality issues when they arise

• Work with data teams and Group Regulatory Reporting to ensure data definitions and mapping are consistent with regulatory interpretations

• Help maintain and improve financial controls, ensuring the integrity of financial data.

• Work closely with the financial control manager to develop financial reports and provide insight into business performance.

• Participate in the month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing processes, including preparation of necessary documentation.

• Be the key resource for internal and external audit activities of MENA entities, ensuring that all relevant documentation and reports are accurate and prepared on a timely basis and provided to external auditors.

• Draft the financial statements and relevant supporting workings, including notes to the financial statements, for all MENA entities, and work with the financial control manager to finalise the financial statements for director and external audit review

• Collaborate with other teams to ensure smooth financial operations and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

• Contribute to the global projects for example implementation of new financial systems, tools, and processes for better efficiency and accuracy.

• Act as primary cover for the MENA Associate, Financial Control 

• Other adhoc accounting tasks as may be required from time to time as a result of operational changes and/or audit 

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience of working in a high-volume, complex and dynamic environment, juggling multiple deliverables whilst maintaining accuracy and quality of output.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Accounting or equivalent preferred

• Qualified accountant or working towards an accounting qualification.

• Experience in a finance or accounting role with significant exposure to audit, preferably within an international or multinational company.

• Experience working with financial systems and ERP platforms (e.g.Workday, Netsuite or similar) is an advantage.

• Good understanding of IFRS.

• Strong teammate player with a proven ability to work constructively with peers, other internal departments and external audit partners

• Experience with CBUAE requirements and UAE and KSA tax authorities is extremely desirable

• Highly organised, proactive, and capable of managing deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Good communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

• High proficiency in Excel and comfortable working with data sets and reconciliations.

Bring all of you to work 

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.
 

Life at Checkout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

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