Corporate Finance Manager

Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head of Finance Operations to review and optimise finance operational processes across corporate and international hotel operations.
• Conduct operational reviews across multiple territories, identifying process inefficiencies, control gaps, and opportunities for standardisation and continuous improvement.
• Provide detailed findings, recommendations, and implementation plans to Head Office to improve operational performance and governance.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives that enhance efficiency, reporting accuracy, compliance, and scalability.
• Review and strengthen end-to-end finance processes across Record-to-Report (R2R), Order-to-Cash (OTC), and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) functions.
• Collaborate with regional finance teams to ensure consistent financial policies, procedures, and internal controls are implemented across all entities.
• Support finance integration activities relating to acquisitions, new hotel openings, or organisational restructuring.
• Work closely with internal and external auditors to ensure finance operations remain audit-ready and compliant with corporate governance standards.
• Assess financial controls and operational risks, recommending enhancements where required.
• Partner with business stakeholders to improve financial reporting, operational performance, and decision-making capabilities.
• Contribute to strategic finance initiatives including process redesign, governance enhancements, cost optimisation, and operational excellence programmes.
• Monitor implementation of agreed improvement initiatives and report progress to senior finance leadership.
• Engage with international finance teams and provide guidance to ensure alignment with corporate finance standards and best practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, or CIMA preferred.
• 7–10 years' experience within corporate finance, finance operations, or finance transformation roles.
• Experience within a large multinational organisation, global corporate, or holding company is essential.
• Strong understanding of finance operations across R2R, OTC, and P2P processes.
• Proven experience reviewing finance operations, identifying process improvements, and implementing operational efficiencies.
• Strong knowledge of finance governance, internal controls, financial compliance, and audit processes.
• Exposure to international finance operations with an understanding of cross-border tax considerations and foreign tax principles.
• Experience supporting finance transformation, process optimisation, or operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret operational data and provide strategic recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence senior finance leaders across multiple regions.
• Hospitality, hotel, or wider leisure industry experience is advantageous, although candidates from other large corporate environments will also be considered.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to produce executive-level reports and recommendations.
• Availability: Preference will be given to candidates available immediately or within a maximum of 30 days after accepting the offer.
• We are looking for a candidate who will be able to work in the United Arab Emirates.
• Please apply with your resume and remember to provide us with your contact details.
• We will review your job application within 7 working days.
• Should your profile fit the requirements of the role, a consultant from Edari will be in touch with you to get a deeper understanding of your profile, discuss the role in more detail, and explain the potential next steps.