Financial Controller

Job Purpose

Financial Reporting and Accounting

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.
• Lead month-end and year-end close processes for completeness, accuracy, and timely reporting.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, Group accounting policies, and statutory reporting requirements.

Budgeting, Forecasting, and FP&A

• Lead annual budgeting and periodic rolling forecasts across the Group.
• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases for strategic and operational decisions.
• Prepare cost-center, department, business-unit, EBITDA, gross-margin, and profitability analyses.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and improve financial assumptions and planning inputs.

Cost, Procurement, and Credit Control

• Review purchase requisitions and approve purchase orders under approved budgets, policies, and delegated authority.
• Review total cost of ownership analyses, financial business cases, and commercial assumptions for significant procurement decisions.
• Analyze vendor spend, identify optimization opportunities, and monitor procurement and contract compliance.
• Track cost-saving and cost-avoidance initiatives with clear baselines and supporting evidence.
• Manage receivables, credit limits, overdue accounts, disputes, and bad-debt reduction.

Cash Flow and Treasury

• Monitor cash flow and working capital on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Review and process vendor payments, payroll, and employee reimbursements.
• Assist with bank accounts, transactions, and treasury operations.

Controls and Process Improvement

• Improve financial processes, systems, and reporting tools.
• Strengthen internal controls, financial policies, and approval workflows.
• Support financial systems and automation rollouts and train internal teams.
• Monitor delegated-authority compliance and investigate or escalate policy breaches.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, CMA, or ACCA completed or in progress is a strong plus.
• At least six years of finance or accounting experience, ideally in insurance or financial services.
• Proven experience with credit control and stakeholder relationship management.

Job-Specific Skills

• Knowledge of UAE VAT laws, IFRS, and local regulatory compliance.
• Strong proficiency in SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Excel, Power BI, accounting systems, and financial reporting tools.
• Strong cost-control, commercial-finance, FP&A, and financial-modeling capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into actionable insights.