Finance Manager

Job description / Role

A highly collaborative and ethical team require a focused Finance Manager for their retail operations in Dubai. With significant growth plans already underway it is essential that you have retail industry experience as you will be analyzing and forecasting sales, margins and providing P&L reporting to the senior team. This new position requires a mature and communicative approach to your day-to-day activities as you will be the sole finance professional in the UAE, but have constant interactions with the overseas core finance teams. It is expected that you will be a Finance Business Partner and therefore relied upon for your regional and retail finance expertise.

Utilizing your analytical skills to improve performance through data insights, you will also provide data on current and forecasted trends, financial modeling and scenario planning, cost analysis, and take a deep dive into the overall profit and loss to obtain firm control of all opEX and capEx actuals. Acting as the main point of contact for banking relationships, managing bank guarantees and renewals, the Finance Manager will also be responsible for local invoice approvals, supplier and services payments and maintaining control of the budget.

Mitigating gaps and risk by ensuring polices and procedures are fit for purpose, this position reports directly to the senior team and oversees one finance administration team member. Tax planning and complete regulatory filing and compliance will fall under the Finance Manager’s responsibilities, taking the accounts up to end of year audit and liaising with external auditors and tax planner to do so.

Exceptional analytical skills and a high level of detail, the Finance Manager should have 5 years of experience within a global MNC retail organization. Finance qualifications such as ACCA or CMA are expected. The successful candidate will bring a collaborative and team orientated approach and foster an environment of continuous improvement. An excellent communicator and a passion for what you do should be evident, alongside being solutions driven and highly proactive. The organization can offer the opportunity to bring new ideas to the fore, freedom to take ownership of your role, an excellent work life balance, and further development of your career as the retail brands continue their expansion across the region.

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.