Client Finance Coordinator

Kearney, Client Finance Coordinator

About the job

As a Client Finance Coordinator within Kearney's Dubai office, you will play a vital role in supporting the Client Finance team with the day-to-day financial processes that underpin project delivery and reporting. Reporting to the Client Finance Manager and guided by a Senior Analyst, you'll be responsible for maintaining accurate financial data, supporting pipeline and reporting cycles, and assisting with billing, reconciliations, and cash management. The ideal candidate will be highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive to support across a variety of finance and operation tasks.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Staffing, HR, Legal, and Office Management, and work closely with finance colleagues across Dubai, South Africa, and Turkey.

The ME Client Finance team consists of 8 members, with ME Finance consisting of 26 members.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure complete and accurate tracking of potential sales opportunities in SAP in collaboration with project leadership
• Provide pre- and post-qualification support for client and project financials.
• Manage incoming cash allocations and ensure accurate posting to the correct projects.
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  Support audit processes by preparing data, reconciliations, and documentation.
• Complete WIP/AR balance sheet reconciliations, identifying and resolving variances.
• Perform travel expense coding.
• Produce and distribute daily financial reports.
• Produce and distribute weekly Wins report.
• Assist with incoming cash forecasting, including data extraction, uploads, and reconciliations.
• Perform data refreshes and updates for multiple Client Finance processes and dashboard reporting.
• Provide client invoice processing support during peak or busy periods.
• Take ownership of expense recharges, matching transactions to the general ledger (GL), tracking recharges through to completion and ensuring reflection on the project.
• Deliver ad hoc financial and operational support.

Who you are

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections—between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies and above all, people. That's why, we look for proactive, positive, and flexible individuals who are always unapologetically their unique selves.

We want to hear from you if you:

• Have A-levels or equivalent required; a bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field is preferred.
• Have 2-4 years experience in finance, commercial operations, or a similar function. Consulting or professional services industry background is a plus.
• Have strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial data management.

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  Are proficient in Excel and comfortable handling large data sets.
• Have experience with financial systems (e.g., Anaplan, SAP, PowerBI) is advantageous.
• Have excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Have ability to work collaboratively across finance and operational teams.
• Have previous experience in a finance, billing, or client support role is desirable

What we can offer you

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them to make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

Generous retirement/pension savings contributions

Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and their families

Structured and on-the-job learning and development opportunities

Personalized opportunities to help you chart a unique career journey to pursue your own personal and professional goals

Learn more at Kearney.com/careers.

Apply now. Submit your cover letter, CV (.doc or .pdf format only) via our website.

Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That's why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person's gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.