Finance Director

Job Description : FINANCE DIRECTOR UAE An renowned Retail Developer is seeking to recruit an experienced Finance Director for one of their major malls. Key Responsibilities - Commercial business partnering with the MD of the Mall - Setting budgets, forecasts and targets for the business - Monitor performance such that budgets and targets are achieved - Drive understanding and accountability of financial performance - Consolidate and review the regional monthly results and reporting on variances against budget and prior year. - Reporting on KPIs with commentary, making clear link to the key drivers, impacting the P&L performance versus budget assumptions - Responsible for ensuring that cash management is optimized - Working with the Group CFO of both stakeholders to ensure that cash flows are forecast accurately, and that reporting is done in a timely manner - First point of contact with mall and local auditors for the UAE - Ensure that the Statutory Reporting is completed on time - Regular balance sheet reconciliations / Appropriate internal controls - Maintain a reconciliation between statutory and management reporting - Full ownership of Capex process for the Mall, including reporting to Group, tracking of actual spend vs. budget - Provide feedback, suggestions and input to help develop the systems and facilitate efficient and consistent finance processes and reporting . - Manage and motivate a team if finance professionals and allocate work as needed. - Drive and manage retailers as needed for performance and output - Ensure collections and other AR activities are managed The successful candidate will ideally be: - Qualified accountant, ideally Big 4 qualified with significant experience of operating at a senior level in a commercial environment, ideally in a retail environment - Fluent in English (Arabic would be an advantage) - Comfortable in setting policy and direction and influencing others in the achievement of objectives, also in areas other than own expertise area - Demonstrable success in previous roles requiring commercial, business and strategic understanding - Experience of working at pace in a growing business - Resilient and independent, with the ability to challenge and push back when appropriate - Strong understanding of tax and statutory accounting issues in the region - Knowledge of IFRS - Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships at senior levels of the organisation and influence key stakeholders. - Strong people management skills and emotional intelligence. Comfortable with ambiguity

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