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Finance Manager F/H
Freyssinet
Dubai, UAE
Contract
Manager
Onsite
1 weeks ago
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About the Role
Freyssinet is seeking a Finance Manager for the Middle East region to lead the finance function across 17 Business Units in 9 countries. The role involves managing a team of 10-12 professionals, overseeing financial operations, compliance, and digital transformation.
Key Skills for This Role
Financial ManagementIFRSInternational TaxationERP SystemsPower BIPower Query
Responsibilities
- Lead the finance function across 17 Business Units in 9 countries and three Business Lines (Freyssinet, Sixense, and Nuvia)
- Serve as a trusted business partner to operational leaders, providing financial insights that drive profitability, cash flow optimization, risk management, and informed decision making
- Manage a geographically dispersed Finance & Accounting team of 10–12 professionals
- Coordinate financial operations across multiple entities, currencies, and jurisdictions
- Support business transformation initiatives, enhance financial reporting capabilities, and drive implementation of digital tools such as ERP systems, Salesforce, Power Query, Power BI
- Oversee contract management, payment terms, guarantees, joint ventures, and collections
- Deliver meaningful business analysis and performance insights to support management decisions
- Drive continuous improvement through digitalization and finance process enhancements
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum of 15 years’ experience in finance and accounting management
- At least 5 years of significant exposure to international taxation, external audit, transfer pricing, treasury, and international compliance matters
- Ability to manage multi entity, multi currency, and multi country financial reporting in an international group environment
- Strong command of IFRS, internal controls, audit processes, and group reporting standards
- Very good level in Excel, ERP software, PowerQuery and PowerBI
- Experience with digital finance transformation, reporting automation
- Proven ability to lead, develop, and coordinate multicultural finance teams across several countries
- Strong analytical, organizational, and attention to detail skills
- Experience within the construction or engineering sector would be a strong advantage
- Fluency in English and Arabic is a plus
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- As Financial Manager for the Middle East region, you will lead the finance function across a highly diverse and complex business environment encompassing 17 Business Units across 9 countries and three Business Lines (Freyssinet, Sixense, and Nuvia), representing approximately €50M in annual turnover
- This role goes beyond traditional financial management, requiring the ability to navigate multiple regulatory, tax, banking, and compliance environments while ensuring alignment with VINCI Group policies and governance standards.
Key Challenges and Complexities
- Financial oversight across 17 Business Units in 9 Middle Eastern countries
- Supporting three distinct Business Lines with varying operational and commercial requirements
- Managing complex project accounting and cash flow considerations within the construction sector
- Coordinating compliance, taxation, banking, and audit requirements across multiple jurisdictions
- Leading a multicultural and geographically dispersed finance team
- Overseeing contract management, payment terms, guarantees, joint ventures, and collections
- Delivering meaningful business analysis and performance insights to support management decisions
- Driving continuous improvement through digitalization and finance process enhancements
Profil
- Degree in Accounting or Finance, with a minimum of 15 years’ experience in finance and accounting management, including at least 5 years of significant exposure to international taxation, external audit, transfer pricing, treasury, and international compliance matters
- Ability to manage multi entity, multi currency, and multi country financial reporting in an international group environment
- Strong command of IFRS, internal controls, audit processes, and group reporting standards
- Very good level in Excel, ERP software, PowerQuery and PowerBI
- Experience with digital finance transformation, reporting automation
- Proven ability to lead, develop, and coordinate multicultural finance teams across several countries
- Strong analytical, organizational, and attention to detail skills
- Experience within the construction or engineering sector would be a strong advantage
- Fluency in English and Arabic is a plus
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