Deputy Finance Controller

Mackenzie Jones

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP279-3588

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Finance
- Works with Managing Director/Country Head to set the office budgets for each financial year and meets with Managing Director/Country Head monthly to discuss progress as per monthly reports.
- Produces regular P&L forecasts with appropriate analysis and solutions to issues.
- On a weekly basis, meets with the Managing Director to forecast fees, and capacity.
- Works with Leadership Team to set operational and client servicing budgets for each practice and meets with each Practice lead on a monthly basis to provide financial data, analysis, coaching and mentoring on how to achieve budget forecasts and/or improved financial results.
- Establishes and maintains good relationships with client (internal and external) contacts, ensuring all inquiries are appropriately responded in a timely, professional and respectful manner.
- Prepares financial documents (purchase orders, budgets) and reports accurately and on time
- Explains financial information to non-financial staff clearly and understandably
- Ensures financial systems, processes and timeframes are understood and followed by all staff, by setting service level agreements with consulting staff and using appropriate communication and training techniques to develop understanding as required.

Product and Capability Development
- Reinforces process to capture, manage and deploy unbillable time and reduce risks associated with unbillable costs.
- Works with Commercial Services team to develop an annual SLA.
- Liaises with internal HR people, such as Global Director HR, Regional HR Manager and HRIS staff.

Business Development
- Provides support to consulting staff for financial and staffing components of new business proposals, ensuring the new business will be serviced profitably and appropriately by the company, including provision of team modelling for client team structure and the right skills mix.
- Identifies clients who are not as profitable as required and works with senior staff in creating client growth/development plans, to improve profitability and performance in other financial indicators.
- Ensures provision of adequate financial and management analysis to the leadership team to allow staff hiring decision making based on current workloads, capabilities as captured in financial information tracking, and current group financial performance.
- Helps the Leadership Team track performance against agreed new business revenue targets.

People Development
- Develops and facilitates internal training on financial tools, policies and procedures as applicable.
- Allocates decision making authority and task responsibilities to appropriate direct reports and colleagues; using direct reports’ time, skills and potential effectively.
- Contributes to the performance appraisal process for peers, staff and managers, through the provision of timely 360º input as requested

Financial Planning and Management
- Holds all operational and client budgets, tracking performance against these on a monthly basis and providing appropriate analysis, feedback, remedial action if required and advice to relevant parties as required.
- Understands the consulting business model and how revenue is generated.
- Complies with and ensures compliance with company financial management policies and procedures
- Keeps accurate records of all financial documents
- Negotiates effectively with third party suppliers to reduce overheads and improve service.
- Analyses financial performance information to develop plans to reduce overheads and write-offs.
- Reinforces system for accurate forecasting, budget creation and capacity management
- Manages and/or negotiates real estate and equipment leases in line with company policy.
- Works with the Managing Director/Country Head to constantly review and track financial performance advising on necessary budget adjustments as appropriate.
- Ensure the proactive management of company cash flow.
- Holds responsibility for top-level workforce plan, ensuring appropriately skilled employees’ are recruited according to the companies budgets. Tracking performance against it on a monthly basis and providing appropriate analysis, feedback, remedial action if required and advice to relevant parties as required.

Leadership
- Participates in the development of the vision for the future at the company with Leadership Team and ensures it is clearly communicated to all finance employees and readily accessible.

Requirements

- Qualified Accountant, ACA or CPA with approx. 5-7 years’ experience
- Professional Services industry experience ideally in Media/Public Relations
- Working knowledge of UAE laws and regulation
- Strong communication and inter-personal skills
- Experience with legal contracts
- Ideally broad operational company experience
- 28,000-30,000AED per month

About the Company

Mackenzie Jones Middle East has decades of recruitment expertise in various industry sectors. Along with a deep understanding of key market sectors and regions, we never forget to treat clients, companies and candidates as individuals who have unique needs.

So we always listen, constantly learn, occasionally challenge and frequently advise. Its all part of a service renowned for its courtesy, consideration and dedication. Based in Dubai since 2006, our office covers the GCC and Levant countries and with the right regional expertise, we are the leading specialists.

Were growing rapidly because people appreciate our honesty, commitment and results.

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