Chief Financial Officer
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About the Role
A leading Engineering & Trading Group seeks an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to lead financial strategy, governance, and performance. The CFO will own the full finance function and drive commercial decision-making.
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Responsibilities
- Define and execute the company's financial strategy in alignment with long term business objectives
- Lead all core finance functions including financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax, audit, controls and reporting
- Partner with the CEO and board on strategic planning, investment decisions, capital allocation and risk management
- Drive financial discipline across engineering and trading operations, including project costing, cash flow forecasting, margin protection and working capital management
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, delivering clear insight to support executive decisions
- Ensure full compliance with UAE regulatory, tax (including VAT and corporate tax) and statutory reporting requirements
- Manage relationships with banks, auditors, investors and key external stakeholders, including international partners
- Strengthen internal controls, financial systems and processes to support scale across multiple markets
- Build, lead and develop a high performing finance team
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a senior finance leadership role, with a proven track record in the same function
- Demonstrated senior leadership experience within the UAE market
- Industry experience within engineering and/or trading is essential
- Strong international experience, with exposure to cross border operations, multi currency environments and global stakeholders
- Fluency in Arabic and English (spoken and written) is mandatory
- Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CMA or equivalent
- Strong command of UAE financial regulations, VAT and corporate tax frameworks
- Proven experience managing project based finance and large scale budgets
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Role Overview
- Our client, a well established and growing group operating across the engineering and trading sectors, is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to lead the financial strategy, governance and performance of the business.
- As a key member of the executive leadership team, the CFO will own the full finance function, drive commercial decision making, and position the organisation for sustainable, profitable growth.
- This is a hands on yet visionary role for a finance leader who combines deep technical expertise with the strategic foresight to shape the company's next phase of expansion.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the company's financial strategy in alignment with long term business objectives.
- Lead all core finance functions including financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax, audit, controls and reporting.
- Partner with the CEO and board on strategic planning, investment decisions, capital allocation and risk management.
- Drive financial discipline across engineering and trading operations, including project costing, cash flow forecasting, margin protection and working capital management.
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, delivering clear insight to support executive decisions.
- Ensure full compliance with UAE regulatory, tax (including VAT and corporate tax) and statutory reporting requirements.
- Manage relationships with banks, auditors, investors and key external stakeholders, including international partners.
- Strengthen internal controls, financial systems and processes to support scale across multiple markets.
- Build, lead and develop a high performing finance team.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a senior finance leadership role, with a proven track record in the same function.
- Demonstrated senior leadership experience within the UAE market.
- Industry experience within engineering and/or trading is essential.
- Strong international experience, with exposure to cross border operations, multi currency environments and global stakeholders.
- Fluency in Arabic and English (spoken and written) is mandatory.
- Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CMA or equivalent.
- Strong command of UAE financial regulations, VAT and corporate tax frameworks.
- Proven experience managing project based finance and large scale budgets.
Key Competencies
- Visionary leader with the strategic foresight to drive growth and transformation.
- Strong commercial mindset and business acumen.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
- High level of integrity, transparency and accountability.
- Ability to operate both at board level and hands on within the detail.
- Decisive, results oriented and comfortable in a fast paced, evolving environment.
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