Financial Controller

Role Overview

Cash Flow and Treasury

• Maintain daily visibility of bank and cash balances.
• Prepare rolling 13-week cash-flow forecasts and monthly projections through year-end.
• Monitor receipts, payments, liquidity risks, forecast variances, payment runs, and approval controls.
• Reconcile cash-flow reporting to bank statements and the general ledger.

Accounting and Financial Close

• Own monthly and annual financial close processes.
• Review ledger entries, accruals, prepayments, depreciation, provisions, and reconciliations.
• Review the Accountant's work for accuracy, completeness, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain Odoo records and ensure correct treatment of revenue, deferred income, project costs, and related-party balances.

Reporting and Commercial Support

• Prepare monthly P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow reporting, dashboards, budgets, forecasts, and scenario analyses.
• Analyze performance against budgets and forecasts and explain material variances.
• Monitor receivables, collections, payables, supplier commitments, and due dates.
• Support financial models, commercial analysis, project costs, purchase orders, contracts, and advance payments.

Compliance and Improvement

• Coordinate VAT, Corporate Tax, statutory audit support, filings, and records for advisers and auditors.
• Ensure adherence to IFRS, company policies, and UAE regulatory requirements.
• Strengthen controls, audit trails, reporting templates, closing checklists, workflows, procedures, and responsibility matrices.
• Improve Odoo usage, reporting quality, data accuracy, and finance automation.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Six to ten years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including at least two years as a Financial Controller.
• 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 and strong written and spoken English.
• Experience with Odoo or a comparable ERP is required, with direct Odoo experience preferred.
• ACCA, CMA, CPA, CA, or an equivalent qualification is strongly preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, technology, project-based, or trading environments is advantageous.

Success Measures