Group Financial Controller

Job description / Role

Charterhouse are currently supporting a Qatar client, whom are in the process of looking to identity a Group Financial Controller (GFC) to oversee their retail-based business entities, from a financial governance, accounting and reporting prospective.

Sitting at a Group level, this Controller will take oversight of all consolidation across the retail stores and brands within the portfolio, whilst also ensuring strong reporting processes and controls are in place, to ensure strong and robust planning & forecasting procedures. In conjunction, the GFC shall also be heavily involved in managing all aspects across any statutory/regulatory reporting whilst having oversight of the audit engagement and managing these compliance matters. On top of these responsibilities, the GFC shall be instrumental in the development of financial analysis tools, to support the commercial strategy and business channels, whilst also being able to manage a team of finance managers across areas of financial accounting, banking operations and cash management.

The client is looking to recruit a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA) candidate. whom is able to display at least ten years of post-qualified experience, within both accounting and controller-based positions. The client will look to identity a candidate whom is exposed to the retail sector, with a capacity to add a strong insight to operational finance and commercial matters, within this market space. The ability to bring a strong analytical skill set will be another key criterion for the client; which will be geared heavily towards having an advanced understanding of Excel tools. The nature of the Qatar market, means that the client will look to pinpoint candidates, from either the regional or wider international market. Applicants should be able demonstrate a core knowledge of retail principles, ideally within the supermarket/hypermarket space, to add knowledge to any finance and/or commercial nuances.

About the Company

The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.