Manager - Finance
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About the Role
Collins Aerospace seeks an experienced finance professional to lead the site's finance function in Abu Dhabi. The role involves executing financial plans, ensuring internal controls, and partnering with the Site General Manager.
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Responsibilities
- Execute financial plans, including cost reduction and cash management strategies
- Drive and ensure a strong internal control environment including Sarbanes/Oxley compliance
- Oversee monthly financial reporting including actual, budget, and forecast for income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Prepare monthly and quarterly requirements for Regional Finance, Corporate, JV Partners, and external parties
- Ensure Annual Statutory Reporting and Tax requirements are complied with
- Manage financial company audits (internal & external)
- Drive monthly and annual budget and forecast preparations for the site
- Review and approve commercial bid proposals ensuring acceptable financial return
- Lead the site finance team
- Provide monthly management reporting and financial recommendations
- Manage relationship with Financial Shared Services (AP, AR & Treasury)
- Manage monthly collection targets and interface with customers on collections and rebates
Requirements
- Qualified Accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA)
- 5 8 years of relevant progressive professional experience
- Prior experience managing small to medium sized operations, preferably in aviation maintenance, repair, or service facility
- Strong information systems proficiency including Microsoft Office, JDE, SAP, and OneStream
- Advanced analytical and problem solving capabilities
- Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills
- Supervisory experience
- Fluency in English is required
- Legal right to work and live in the UAE
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Role Overview / Summary
- This position is for an experienced finance professional to lead the site’s finance function and serve as a key partner to the Site General Manager.
- The role requires managing strong working relationships across the business including Site GM, Site Management Team, EMEA Regional Finance Team and JV Partners.
- The role will be based on site with the Collins team in the Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone, UAE.
Primary Responsibilities
- Execute financial plans, including cost reduction strategies and cash management strategies.
- Drive and ensure a strong internal control environment including compliance with Sarbanes/Oxley at the site.
- Drive the completion and review of all monthly financial reporting requirements including actual, budget, and forecast information.
- Oversee the preparation of monthly and quarterly requirements from Regional Finance, Corporate, JV Partners and other external parties.
- Ensure all Annual Statutory Reporting and Tax requirements are complied with.
- Management of Financial company audits (internal & external).
- Drive monthly and annual budget and forecast preparations for the site.
- Review and approve commercial bid proposals, ensuring acceptable financial return and risk mitigation.
- Leadership responsibility for the site finance team.
- Provide monthly management reporting and financial recommendations to management.
- Management of the relationship & resolving issues with Financial Shared Services (AP, AR & Treasury).
- Managing Monthly Collection Targets & interfacing with Customers on Collections, Rebates etc.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience Requirements
- Qualified Accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA), and 5–8 years of relevant progressive professional experience.
- Prior experience managing small to medium sized operations, preferably within an aviation maintenance, repair, or service facility.
- Strong information systems proficiency, including Microsoft Office, JDE, SAP, and OneStream (Factory experience preferred).
- Advanced analytical and problem solving capabilities, with strong business and financial acumen.
- Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills, with ability to motivate and guide cross functional teams.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively under pressure.
- Action oriented, results driven, and adaptable.
- Customer focused mindset.
- Experience driving business performance and leading complex initiatives.
- Ability to leverage technical expertise to optimize cost structures and ensure financial governance.
- Supervisory experience, with a collaborative approach.
- Strong planning, organizational, and goal achievement capabilities.
Workplace Type
- This position is classified as: Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite.
About RTX and Collins Aerospace
- RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company, with 185,000 employees.
- Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions for aerospace and defense.
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