Regional Finance Director

Job Description : REGIONAL FINANCE DIRECTOR UAE global giant within the consumer space to recruit a Regional Finance Director in Dubai. This position sets the budget for the financial year and manages all aspects of financial planning, cost management, invoicing and the completion of management accounts, both monthly and annually in line with internal reporting and external auditing requirements. What You’ll be Doing… Financial lead for annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and multi-year strategic planning processes. Prepare, maintain, and improve financial models and reporting tools. Communicate financial results, challenges and opportunities to senior management. Build, consolidate and analyze all financial reporting documents in both Power BI and Excel. Organize and assist with presentations for senior management and Board of Directors. Provide financial analysis to management, measuring performance and KPIs versus plan and prior year. Coordinate and support the monthly close process by preparing month end reporting data and variance analysis. Partner with Sales, Marketing and Trade Management teams to focus on driving overall business unit performance through pricing actions when necessary and ongoing trade and consumer marketing efficiency programs. Complete trade assessment on promotional ROI, optimization, profitability, and strategy as an integral part of the trade planning and control process. Collaborate with Plant Operations and Co-manufacturing teams on understanding input and conversion costs and variances to standard overhead. Develop deep understanding of commodity market in partnership with Procurement. Prepare pricing studies to support Sales and Marketing for new customer and products. Be the finance lead on innovation and renovation projects; collaborating with the cross functional teams to generate P&Ls to evaluate projects feasibility. Min requirement of 15+ Years within Finance & Accounting. 8+ Years Operating at a Leadership Level (Functional Head). Global Company Experience, Preferably within FMCG or similar. Strong Technical Knowledge coupled with Exceptional Commercial Savvy. A true business Leader with the ability to lead and influence at all levels.

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