Finance Director – Dubai, UAE
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Drive financial strategy and performance, oversee reporting and compliance, manage M&A, and lead a high-performing finance team in a dynamic environment.
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Responsibilities
- Serve as strategic business partner to CEO and PE sponsors, driving financial strategy and commercial performance
- Group financial reporting (IFRS) and statutory compliance
- FP&A including budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, and management reporting
- Treasury, tax, and cash flow management across multiple jurisdictions
- M&A due diligence, financial modelling, and deal structuring
- Franchise and partner financial management
- Lead Board level financial communications and investor reporting
- Oversee financial reporting, controls, compliance, and governance across all group entities
- Lead exit preparation ensuring sale ready financial, governance, and reporting perspective
- Drive cost optimisation, margin improvement, and working capital optimisation
- Lead finance transformation modernising systems, processes, and operating models
- Build, mentor, and develop a high performing global finance team
Requirements
- Experience as a Finance Director or similar senior finance role
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and statutory compliance
- Experience in FP&A, treasury, tax, and cash flow management across multiple jurisdictions
- M&A experience including due diligence and financial modelling
- Experience in franchise financial management
- Ability to lead exit preparation and sale readiness
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Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic business partner to the CEO and PE sponsors — driving financial strategy, commercial performance, and exit readiness.
- Group financial reporting (IFRS) and statutory compliance.
- Act as a genuine business partner to the CEO — translating financial insight into commercial strategy and decisions.
- FP&A — budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, and management reporting.
- Treasury, tax, and cash flow management across multiple jurisdictions.
- M&A — due diligence, financial modelling, and deal structuring.
- Franchise and partner financial management.
- Work collaboratively with Executive Leadership team.
- Own the group’s financial strategy, annual budgeting, long range forecasting processes, and treasury management.
- Lead Board level financial communications and investor reporting.
- Oversee financial reporting, controls, compliance, and governance across all group entities and jurisdictions.
- Manage external relationships with Investors, bankers, Lenders, Auditors and Insurers.
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