Finance Manager
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About the Role
The employer is seeking a Finance Manager to own financial planning, cash flow management, banking relationships, and cost control. The role requires hands-on financial leadership, including receivables management, payables management, project cost control, and monthly management accounts.
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Responsibilities
- Own 13 week rolling cash flow forecast updated every week.
- Manage receivables to drive down Days Sales Outstanding.
- Manage payables to protect cash while ensuring critical orders are not delayed.
- Manage banking relationships, negotiate better terms, and restructure debt.
- Implement and maintain project level cost cards for live budget vs actual tracking.
- Publish monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) by the 5th of every month.
- Ensure VAT and tax compliance with zero FTA penalties.
- Build annual budget and reforecast quarterly.
Requirements
- 5+ years in a finance management or controller role, ideally in trading, construction, or contracting
- Proven experience managing cash flow in a working capital intensive business
- Strong experience with UAE banking facilities
- Experience negotiating directly with banks on facility terms and pricing
- Strong Excel and ERP skills (Odoo preferred)
- UAE VAT and corporate tax knowledge
- Fluent English
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The Role
- You will own all financial planning, cash flow management, banking relationships, and cost control for the business.
- You will work above the General Accountant directing the day to day bookkeeping function while you focus on strategy, forecasting, and decisions that protect and grow the company's cash position.
- This is a hands on financial leadership role, not a back office reporting function.
What You Will Own
- 13 week rolling cash flow forecast updated every week without exception.
- Receivables management drive down Days Sales Outstanding through structured client follow up, milestone billing, and escalation discipline.
- Payables management schedule supplier payments to protect cash while never delaying a payment that would stop a critical order or factory shipment.
- Banking relationships manage all bank facilities, negotiate better terms, and restructure expensive short term debt into more efficient facilities.
- Project cost control implement and maintain project level cost cards so every installation has a live budget versus actual, and margin erosion is caught in week one, not month three.
- Monthly management accounts full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement published by the 5th of every month with variance commentary.
- VAT and tax compliance ensure all filings are accurate and on time, with zero FTA penalties.
- Budgeting build the annual budget and reforecast quarterly based on actual performance.
What You Must Have
- 5+ years in a finance management or controller role, ideally in trading, construction, or contracting
- Proven experience managing cash flow in a working capital intensive business import dependent or project based industries preferred
- Strong experience with UAE banking facilities short term loans, trade finance, LCs, and revolving credit
- Experience negotiating directly with banks on facility terms and pricing
- Strong Excel and ERP skills Odoo experience preferred
- UAE VAT and corporate tax knowledge
- Fluent English; Arabic is an advantage
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Performance bonus linked to cash flow and cost control KPIs
- Medical insurance, visa and Emirates ID sponsorship
- 30 days annual leave
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