Overview

Role Overview: We are seeking a Senior Finance Manager, supporting both CFO and EMEA Deputy CFO, who will oversee, lead and coordinate the Finance Function for Dubai and Bahrain.

This is a hands-on finance role, suited to a self-starting Senior Finance Director with strong communication, leadership and organizational skills. The person must understand the Financial markets and locations in which we operate and be able to participate in relevant discussions and debates. They will be tasked with understanding, sharing and presenting this information to assist in key decision making processes, directing focus where necessary as well as challenging the business. The role will interact heavily with the other key areas of the finance function and the business in the UK and within each of the non-UK offices.

The role requires a confident, proactive, decisive and dynamic individual, with keen commercial sense and an ability to make a difference. A key challenge of the role will be dealing with a multitude of stakeholders and projects with a diverse range of information needs. Prioritisation and timely execution of a wide variety of objectives will be an important part of the role. This role will be Dubai based, and may require a limited degree of travelling from time to time to the relevant offices in London and the Middle East.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the finance function for the Middle Eastern firms, ensuring the accuracy of the books and records, statutory and regulatory returns.
  • Ensure continued Finance SME service is provided to the Continental Europe CEO as a key stakeholder, helping to prioritise and execute on Finance deliverables, joining management ExCo’s and ensuring connectivity into the UK is seamlessly provided in Finance areas.
  • Constantly review the finance service provided to ensure an efficient support model is in place for Dubai and Bahrain.
  • Point of contact, regulatory officer for all finance reporting, control and governance with each of the local offices in the region.
  • Drive the appropriate finance agenda in each of the offices, meeting all required deadlines, driving process improvement and maintaining a robust control and process framework.
  • Ensure the CFO and Deputy CFO are kept up to date with all developments and KPIs for each of the offices as necessary.
  • Develop and manage the Middle Eastern Finance team and provide support and guidance on all financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting deliverables.
  • Assist Middle Eastern locations with intercompany ownership, agreement and timely settlement of outstanding balances..
  • Ownership of all required regulatory and statutory reporting, understanding local requirements, and analysing capital adequacy.
  • Point of contact with external auditors and regulators.
  • Drive cost control and management for the offices.
  • Attend Board level governance meetings.
  • Input and attendance to regular business / function meetings with key stakeholders.
  • Financial risk management for the local offices.
  • Ability to develop good relationships and work closely with all aspects of the business in all the offices when necessary, including the office MDs and local support teams.
  • Clear understanding of reporting systems and processes. Ability to identify information gaps and assist in developing systems / processes which address such gaps.
  • Establish and maintain strong communication channels with the wider finance team, promptly sharing information gained from the local offices, enabling any issues to be addressed or changes to be known.

Experience / Competences
Essential:

  • A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or Economics.
  • English speaker with excellent written and oral communication skills at all levels of the organisation.
  • Extensive experience as a financial executive and leader.
  • Local regulatory (DFSA and CBB) and local tax experience and knowledge.
  • IFRS knowledge.
  • Proven experience working with diverse jurisdictions / markets in big companies having a multicultural environment (emerging markets preferred).
  • Skilled in Microsoft applications software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.).

Desired:

  • Professional qualifications in Finance.
  • Ability to strategise and solve problems.
  • Strong leadership and organizational skills.
  • Excellent communication and people skills.
  • Interest in current affairs.
  • Ability to understand and discuss impacts for our business.
  • Self-motivated, resilient, and goal oriented.

Band & Level:

  • Functional Head / 8

Location

United Arab Emirates – Central Park Towers – Dubai

About TP ICAP

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