Controller, Finance (Opex)
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About the Role
ADNOC Distribution seeks a Finance Controller to lead OPEX planning, analysis, and reporting. The role requires managing budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and cross-functional partnerships to drive financial efficiency.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage OPEX planning, budgeting, and forecasting process
- Drive enterprise alignment and accountability in cross functional OPEX planning
- Manage development of variance analyses and lead action plans to resolve variances
- Lead and drive efficiency and optimization efforts across the organization
- Provide OPEX management support to ensure OPEX P&L management
- Manage and guide build of key capabilities on OPEX related financial systems
- Lead provision of expertise on OPEX management policies and processes
- Review and analyze business performance of business units
- Prepare reports and analyses for management review
- Liaise with internal and external auditors
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting management or equivalent
- 10 years of experience, including at least 4 years in supervisory positions within Finance
- Significant professional accounting and financial analysis/reporting experience
- Knowledge of reputed financial/accounting systems
- Knowledge of financial planning and budgeting
- Specialisation in accounting and finance
- Demonstrate analytical skills
- Demonstrate internal and external stakeholder skills
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate with senior stakeholders
- Strong written and oral skills
- Fluent in Business English
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Job Purpose
- Plan, lead and manage the Operating Expenditure (OPEX) related financial planning, analysis and reporting operations for ADNOC Distribution ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead and manage the fostering of strong partnerships with the business and support a robust forecast and planning process.
- Drive enterprise alignment and accountability in cross functional OPEX planning and serve as key advisor to leadership.
- Manage the development of variance analyses versus various periods and lead action plans to resolve variances.
- Lead and manage the OPEX planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, compliance and system changes.
- Lead and drive efficiency and optimization efforts and projects across the organization.
- Lead and guide the provision of OPEX management support to ensure OPEX P&L management.
- Manage and guide the build of key capabilities and center of expertise on all OPEX related financial systems.
- Lead the provision of expertise discipline support to the business on all aspects of OPEX management.
- Lead and manage the periodic review of year to date and latest month actual performance data.
- Lead, guide and manage the identification, assessment and following up of financial risks and opportunities.
- Provide financial expertise to guide communication and interpretation of rolling estimate results.
- Manage the conducting of balance sheet review to attest accuracy of financial records.
Reporting
- Lead and manage the OPEX planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, compliance and system changes.
- Lead and drive efficiency and optimization efforts and projects across the organization.
- Lead and guide the provision of OPEX management support to ensure OPEX P&L management.
- Manage and guide the build of key capabilities and center of expertise on all OPEX related financial systems.
- Lead the provision of expertise discipline support to the business on all aspects of OPEX management.
- Lead and manage the periodic review of year to date and latest month actual performance data.
- Lead, guide and manage the identification, assessment and following up of financial risks and opportunities.
- Provide financial expertise to guide communication and interpretation of rolling estimate results.
- Manage the conducting of balance sheet review to attest accuracy of financial records.
- Review and analyse business performance of business units to highlight issues of concern.
- Review financial policies and procedures to assess their effectiveness.
- Prepare reports and analyses for management review and conduct special studies or projects.
Relationship Management
- Develop and maintain effective business relationships with all relevant external/internal entities.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors to ensure efficient and transparent auditing process.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in finance/ accounting management or equivalent.
- 10 years of experience, including at least 4 years in supervisory positions within Finance.
- Significant professional accounting and financial analysis/reporting experience.
- Knowledge of reputed financial / accounting systems.
- Knowledge of financial planning and budgeting.
- Specialisation in accounting and finance.
- Demonstrate analytical skills.
- Demonstrate internal and external stakeholder skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate with senior stakeholders.
- Strong written and oral skills.
- Fluent in Business English.
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