Finance Business Partner

Job description / Role

Our client is a MNC with its regional HQ in Dubai. Working alongside the Country GM and reporting into the Financial Controller.

Responsibilities

Based in Dubai with quarterly travel to Iraq.

• Lead team responsible for billing, invoicing, payroll, variance analysis and preparation of P&L
• Manage 2 Finance Business Partners
• Provide SME support to leadership and management team on all financial queries for Iraq
• Provide monthly financial and operating KPIs
• Lead the profitability analysis
• Ensure implementation and compliance to Financial Standard Operating Procedures
• Documentation and management of Iraq tax liabilities and payments
• Supervision and management of cash to ensure group cash flow is maximized and cash risk minimized
• Identify potential cost reduction
• Monitoring and reporting on Cash Flow forecasting
• Consolidate and prepare the Iraq P&L and explanation of trends and variances
• Reporting on monthly consolidation and variances
• Develop, improve and manage the monthly management reporting

Core Accountabilities

• Subject matter expertise provided to client group
• Team management
• Accurate submissions of works scope and report
• Meeting submission deadlines
• Participation in company performance management cycle

Salary:
AED 30,000 to 35,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

• CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent qualification is essential
• Experience in Finance and Accounting with operational focus in recent years
• 8-12 years’ experience in similar role
• Demonstrates in-depth financial awareness – thinks in terms of profit, loss and adding value
• Ability to apply financial analysis and modelling across a range of situations;
• Structure financial information to meet the various needs of internal and external audiences;
• Takes a leading and consultative approach
• Provides input to senior leadership to produce workable solution to financial issues;
• Ability to build and maintain good relationships with Senior Management and clients
• Demonstrates team leadership
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, including understanding of pivot tables, macro’s, etc;
• Fluent English speaker, excellent written and verbal communication skills;

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.