Finance Manager

Job description / Role

• Looking to Recruit an Arabic speaking Finance Manager to join AlSadaf Production; a leading sonic and visual production business based in Jeddah KSA. This role will report to the CFO and will manage the full finance function in KSA as a standalone role
• To comply with all reporting, financial management and audit requirements imposed by regulatory bodies in finance functions performed
• To minimize financial risks to which the Group would otherwise be exposed to, in order to achieve its corporate and business objectives
• To monitor effectively the supervise expenditure and income in satisfying the business objectives and reporting
• Ensure proper implementation of financial solutions (i.e. Accounting Systems)
• Efficient processing and recording of financial transactions and comprehensive financial reporting and analysis
• To minimize external and internal audit observations
• Ensure that finance systems are implemented and consistent within policies and procedures and that all additional risks are fully documented.
• To ensure that all activities within the finance department are in accordance with Corporate Finance Policies
• Supervise and implement on daily operations full and accurate set of financial management and accounting functions reflecting all finance activities of the country units in a manner commensurate with the relevant legislation and regulation in the territory of operation and subject to internal guidelines.
• Implement continuous financial audit and control systems to monitor the performance of the supervised country units (e.g. adherence to the budget, expenses, income, other budgetary items, etc.)

Requirements

• CMA or CPA qualifed
• Arabic and English fluency
• Strong Critical Thinking skills
• Excellent Communication Skills (Spoken and written)
• Negotiation Skills
• Customer orientation
• Auditing
• Fluent Arabic and English Speaker
• Multinational company experience is preferred
• Strong communication skills

About the Company

MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.

Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).

Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.