Chief Financial Officer - Real Estate

Beresford Wilson & Partners (BWP)

Dubai, UAE

Ref: MP274-479

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client invests in ground-up developments and income producing real estate across the MENA region. Specialization includes apartment buildings, land development, mixed-use, shopping centers, office, and high-end single family homes.

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will have primary day-to-day responsibilities for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the company. This will include direct responsibility for accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, job costing, property management, deal analysis and negotiations, investor relationships and partnership compliance and private and institutional financing.

Responsibilities:
- The CFO reports directly to the Group CFO and directly assists the CEO on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of new funding
- Act as an advisor to the CEO evaluating and assisting him with theyre financial plans and business planning and modelling.
- Provides leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives
- Ensure credibility of finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts
- Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance
- Risk management.
- Ensures the implementation of corporate governance across the businesses.
- Take hands-on lead position of developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive job cost system
- Direct and oversee all aspects of the finance & accounting functions of the organization
- Works on all issues from pre-start up through to enhancing selling strategies.
- Evaluates and advises on the impact of long range planning, introduction of new programs/strategies and regulatory action
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior executives so as to identify their needs and seek a full range of business solutions
- Provide executive management with advice on the financial implications of business activities
- Manage processes for monthly, yearly, and periodic financial reports of historical operations, forecasting, budgets, and consolidation and reporting to the Company
- Assist investors as needed
- Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities

Requirements

- BA/BS degree in finance or accounting, or related field with strong record of academic achievement; MBA and/or CPA preferred
- Minimum of 12-15 years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles, exclusively in real estate syndication, development, and property management (UAE Experience is a must)
- Excellent computer skills Office suite, Internet savvy
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (Bilingual Arabic / English speaking candidates will be preferred)

About the Company

BWP is a privately owned, top-end, low volume specialist recruiter with an emphasis on the Middle East markets.

The company has pedigree, a pedigree that comes with over 30 years combined experience of the local markets and from the capabilities of our staff and from their intimate knowledge of all major white collar sectors in the MENA region.

As well as our bespoke search capacity, we are also able to professionally and knowledgeably advise on all aspects of the human capital dimension; from salary surveys and recruitment strategies to general HR policy , development and training.

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