Principal Accountant Lead

About BMC Helix

BMC Helix is an AI-native engine supporting IT organizations by focusing on IT service and operations management. The company emphasizes innovation, strategic acquisitions, and R&D to scale its Agentic AI platform, which aims to drive outcomes with speed and precision. BMC Helix is focused on delivering value to customers by accelerating the application of agentic AI in digital service and operations management globally.

Role Overview

As a Principal Accountant Lead, you will serve as a key finance executive within the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) accounting and control organization of a ************* global company. This full-time position, based in Saudi Arabia, involves both accounting and finance activities. You will be responsible for * GAAP and local statutory accounting and reporting, regional compliance, internal control adherence, and various financial management tasks. Additionally, you will act as the Finance Lead for the Saudi Arabia Regional Headquarters (RHQ), providing financial advice, overseeing budgeting, expense management, forecasting, and reviewing financial performance to align with business objectives and growth plans. You will report to the EMEA Regional Financial Controller and be assigned to specific legal entities in EMEA, including the RHQ and others in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee monthly and quarterly * GAAP close processes, ensuring accurate account maintenance, adherence to corporate deadlines, and compliance with quality control.
• Manage the annual statutory accounts filing process, coordinating with audit firms and other accounting, legal, and tax providers.
• Coordinate corporate governance compliance activities with the Helix EMEA Legal team.
• Participate in quarterly management meetings with the RHQ leadership team, including the General Manager.
• Manage relationships with third-party service providers for accounting, advisory, audit, and tax services.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes for the Saudi Arabia RHQ, ensuring accurate financial projections and effective cost management in partnership with the Corporate finance team.
• Oversee operational and financial reporting, providing insights to executive leadership and ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant reporting.
• Review financial performance against strategic goals, identifying improvement opportunities and ensuring alignment with business objectives, in conjunction with Corporate and Business Unit (BU) finance teams.
• Partner with BU finance teams to understand the financial impact of BU priorities such as topline growth, product roadmaps, R&D initiatives, and sales strategies.
• Liaise with Corporate and BU finance teams to provide financial guidance to sales and business leaders on pricing strategies, gross margin expectations, and profitability analysis for sales proposals.
• Oversee and review the process for consistently and accurately reporting gross margin trends by customer, product, and geography.
• Support annual and long-range planning activities, including zero-based budgeting, business planning, and support for acquisitions, mergers, and divestments.
• Maintain a quarterly reporting package of core performance metrics, highlighting trends and operational improvement opportunities.
• Manage Service Level Agreements and Operating Level Agreements with Shared Services management in Pune, India.
• Drive process improvement initiatives to maximize efficiency and maintain quality.
• Influence processes to stay informed of applicable local accounting and tax requirements and * GAAP requirements, integrating them into EMEA accounting processes and policies.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with the Corporate Accounting group, other Regional Accounting peers, and key functional leadership globally.
• Lead and oversee internal control compliance processes, including monthly control performance and monitoring, and coordination to ensure visibility of status and risks.
• Interface with Corporate Internal Audit and assist in assessing controls and procedures, recommending and driving changes as required.
• Oversee tax accounting tasks in cooperation with the EMEA Tax department to ensure compliance with * GAAP and statutory tax accounting requirements.

Experience and Qualifications

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.