Financial Controller

Role Overview

Cash Flow and Treasury

• Maintain daily visibility of bank and cash balances.
• Prepare a rolling 13-week cash-flow forecast and monthly cash-flow projections through year-end.
• Monitor actual, committed, and forecast receipts and payments.
• Reconcile cash-flow reporting to bank statements and the general ledger.
• Identify liquidity risks and escalate material forecast variances.
• Coordinate payment runs in line with approval controls.

Accounting and Financial Close

• Own the monthly and annual financial closing process.
• Review general-ledger entries, accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and provisions.
• Ensure timely bank, supplier, customer, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Review the Accountant's work for accuracy, completeness, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain accurate accounting records in Odoo.
• Ensure correct treatment of revenue, deferred income, project costs, and related-party balances.

Management Reporting and FP&A

• Prepare monthly profit and loss, balance-sheet, and cash-flow reporting.
• Produce weekly dashboards covering liquidity, collections, payables, commitments, and financial risks.
• Prepare annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and scenario analyses.
• Analyze performance against budget and forecast.
• Explain material variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Support management decisions with financial models and commercial analysis.

Working Capital and Commercial Support

• Monitor accounts receivable, ageing, collection activity, accounts payable, supplier commitments, and due dates.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, and HR to obtain reliable forecast inputs.
• Review the financial impact of significant purchase orders, customer contracts, and advance payments.
• Support project and product cost analysis when required.

Compliance, Tax and Audit

• Coordinate VAT and Corporate Tax requirements with external advisers.
• Provide complete and timely finance records to advisers and auditors.
• Maintain a finance compliance and filing calendar.
• Ensure adherence to IFRS, company policies, and UAE regulatory requirements.
• Strengthen internal controls and maintain an appropriate audit trail.

Process Improvement

• Improve Odoo usage, reporting quality, and data accuracy.
• Standardize finance templates, closing checklists, and approval workflows.
• Reduce manual reporting and introduce appropriate automation.
• Maintain clear finance procedures and responsibility matrices.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 6 to 10 years of progressive finance and accounting experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in a Financial Controller role.
• Demonstrated UAE experience in VAT, Corporate Tax coordination, and statutory audit support.
• Strong experience in monthly closing, cash-flow forecasting, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with Odoo or a comparable ERP is required, with direct Odoo experience preferred.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, technology, project-based, or trading environments is advantageous.

Preferred Qualification

• ACCA, CMA, CPA, CA, or an equivalent qualification is strongly preferred.

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