Finance Manager - Arabic Speaker

Role: Finance Manager - Arabic Speaker

Role Purpose:

The Finance Manager is the primary finance leader responsible for corporate-wide financial stewardship, governance, and performance management across the corporate entity and all subsidiaries operating in multiple jurisdictions.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; Master's/MBA preferred.
• Professional certification CPA, ACCA/FCCA is mandatory.
• 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a corporate as Finance Manager, or equivalent capacity overseeing multiple subsidiaries.
• Current experience must be in an Engineering Services/Construction/Contracting organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Corporate Financial Leadership & Strategy:

• Develop and execute a unified finance strategy across subsidiaries aligned with corporate strategy, growth ambitions, capital structure, governance requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
• Lead corporate-wide financial consolidation and reporting, ensuring transparent and timely insights to stakeholders.
• Design and govern shared financial services, including central accounting, treasury, and compliance functions.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to the CEO, providing independent financial judgment and strategic counsel.

Governance, Controls & Subsidiary Oversight (Corporate Model):

• Establish and enforce corporate finance policies, delegation of authority (DoA), financial controls, and governance frameworks across all subsidiaries.
• Implement robust internal control systems across all subsidiaries, with audit readiness and risk mitigation as core objectives.
• Ensure all subsidiaries adhere to corporate standards on accounting, reporting, treasury, tax, and financial operations (including local statutory requirements).
• Maintain strong corporate-center oversight through structured performance reviews, governance calendars, and compliance reporting from subsidiaries.

Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance Intelligence:

• Lead corporate-wide annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and scenario planning; ensure alignment between corporate targets and subsidiary plans.
• Drive performance management: set financial KPIs, evaluate variances, define corrective actions, and track delivery with subsidiary leadership teams.
• Lead capital allocation and optimization decisions across subsidiaries, ensuring disciplined deployment of cash and investment capacity.

Consolidation, Reporting & Performance Intelligence (Corporate-wide):

• Own corporate financial consolidation and ensure timely and accurate production of corporate P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and management reporting.
• Provide executive dashboards and insights across subsidiaries, business lines, and geographies, enabling clear performance accountability.
• Establish consistent reporting standards and close calendars, ensuring disciplined month-end and year-end processes across subsidiaries.

Commercial Finance, Value Creation & Business Partnership:

• Standardize commercial finance practices across subsidiaries, including pricing governance, bid/no-bid frameworks, margin controls, and contract performance oversight.
• Support major contract negotiations and investment approvals with financial due diligence, risk assessment, and sensitivity analysis.
• Drive profitability improvement initiatives and sustainable cost optimization across subsidiaries

Investment Strategy & Feasibility Studies:

• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize investment opportunities across subsidiaries and new markets, integrating business cases, market analysis, financial modeling, risk assessment, and capital allocation frameworks.
• Establish and govern standardized investment and feasibility methodologies, templates, approval frameworks, and governance processes to ensure consistency, transparency, and disciplined capital deployment across the company.
• Ensure commercial viability, financial sustainability, and alignment with stakeholder expectations.
• Provide clear, data-driven strategic recommendations to the CEO on investment pipeline, portfolio performance, and go/no-go decisions.

Accounting, Compliance, Audit& Statutory Governance:

• Lead accounting governance ensuring IFRS compliance, consistent accounting policies, and high-quality financial statements.
• Oversee internal and external audits across subsidiaries; ensure timely closure of audit findings and corrective action plans.
• Ensure statutory compliance across all jurisdictions while maintaining standardization and strong corporate oversight.

Corporate Treasury, Funding, Liquidity & Working Capital:

• Lead corporate treasury operations, including banking strategy, liquidity planning, cash pooling, and funding structures.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting and working capital optimization across subsidiaries.
• Establish and enforce corporate policies for financial risk management (FX, interest rate, credit risk, counterparty exposure).

Tax Governance & Cross-Border Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with UAE Corporate Tax and VAT (where applicable) and establish standards for tax governance across subsidiaries.
• Oversee transfer pricing governance, intercompany agreements, documentation, and cross-border compliance in line with international requirements.