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Job description / Role
• Responsibility for end-to-end Budgeting, Planning and Reporting of Dubai Schools
• Analyzing all lines of the P&L, BS, and Cash Flow to explain variances in Budgets
• Ensure finance activities are managed effectively and proactively to provide visibility on expenses and risk
• Manage Dubai Schools expenditure, cash flow and capital budgets in accordance with Taaleem financial regulations
• Ensure high quality, real time availability of data and analytics to support delivery of the business strategy
• Ensure audit compliance of financial records, performance and controls
• Main point of contact with TEC and KHDA, attending meetings and delivering reporting as required
• Ability to translate analysis into presentation suitable for senior stakeholders (CFO, CEO, Board, and Principals) and ensure accuracy of contents
• Obtain agreement on expenditures with budget holders and provide regular financial reports as required
• Use financial management information, especially benchmarking tools, to identify areas of relative spend and advise accordingly. Suggest ways of effecting budget efficiency
• Seek, identify and implement the best practices throughout the company that will improve cost and productivity efficiencies.
• Manage all financial risks, key risk and performance indicators and exposure to the company
• Point of contact for the Dubai Schools annual audit with responsibility for producing the Dubai Schools annual accounts
• Provide all information required by the internal auditors and implement any recommendations
• Operate all bank accounts, ensuring that a full reconciliation is undertaken
• Oversee the preparation of invoices and collection of all monetary dues
• Assisting the Operations Team in setting up processes and implementing best practices across all the schools, covering:
- Petty cash
- Payroll and staff related expenses
- Payments
- Expense claims
- Bank Reconciliations
• Assist the Taaleem VAT filing process
• Contribute to potential bid opportunities
• Ad hoc reporting and miscellaneous tasks as required by the Head of Finance
Requirements
Education:
• Degree or equivalent professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA), higher level education in finance, business or commercial discipline.
Experience:
• Experience of international education sector (Desirable not essential)
• Experience working in UAE is highly desirable
• Experienced in dealing with non-finance personal on a day-to-day basis
Competencies
• Analytical skills to measure and manage key risks and KPIs.
• Ability to communicate financial performance and key financial information in a clear and concise manner to be financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to discuss and influence effectively at all levels.
• Excellent collaborative skills and able to quickly establish effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to coach / mentor colleagues to deliver optimal performance
Attributes:
• Corporate finance acumen to enhance cost control
• Highly numerate.
• Flexible and able to manage tight deadlines
• Positive and hands on attitude
About the Company
Taaleem's main activity is the development and management of early childhood, primary and secondary schools. With quality at the forefront of our offering, we tailor each project to answer the specific educational requirements of a wide range of families by offering top international curricula including British, American, the International Baccalaureate and our custom early childhood programme.
Taaleem, which means education in Arabic, is committed to inspiring students and helping them to identify and develop their passions and talents. We only recruit the best international teachers who are capable of delivering our international curricula in a creative and engaging manner.
Taaleem is seeking to raise the educational standards in the region. The combined experience of its core team of senior education leaders in international education policy, operations and global management best practices means Taaleem is well positioned to ensure the creative of truly exceptional schools that satisfy the most comprehensive and exacting education developmental requirements.