GCC Regional Accountant

Job Location: Ahmedabad, India (supporting UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain)

About Tech First Gulf (TFG)

Tech First Gulf is a value-added IT distributor across the Middle East and Africa, connecting 35+ technology vendors with 6,500+ channel partners in 14+ countries through 18+ offices and a team of 200+. Its portfolio spans cybersecurity, enterprise IT infrastructure, volume solutions, unified communications, audio-visual and extra-low-voltage. The Group Finance team works from Dubai, Noida and Ahmedabad and supports entities across the GCC, KSA, East and West Africa, Egypt, French-speaking Africa and India.

Role purpose

Own the books of TFG's GCC entities end to end – accurate daily accounting, a clean month-end close, and timely tax returns.

Key responsibilities

· Run month-end close for GCC entities and deliver trial balance and MIS in group format

· Bank reconciliations, including interest and FX differences

· Review AR and AP booking, rebates and credit notes posted by the team

· GL entries, accruals, prepayments, fixed asset register, inventory and inter-company

· Monthly balance sheet schedules and reconciliations

· Prepare VAT and corporate tax returns with the tax consultant; support statutory audits

· Guide the GCC Accounts Executives and support the e-invoicing and SAP entity split projects

Requirements

Requirements

· Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5–8 years in accounting

· Hands-on UAE VAT; UAE Corporate Tax knowledge preferred

· Experience closing books for UAE or GCC entities, ideally from an India-based shared team

· SAP Business One (or similar ERP) and strong Excel

· Trading or distribution business experience preferred

Working conditions

Based in India, with working hours flexed to overlap with the UAE, and extended hours around month-end and tax filing deadlines.