Regional Business Controller

Job Description : REGIONAL BUSINESS CONTROLLER DUBAI Regional Business Controller for multinational company who are based in Dubai. Reporting to the Group CFO this role will form part of the finance leadership team and will play a key role in rebuilding the financial organisation from the ground up. The successful candidate will take a lead role in implementing scalable financial systems, developing financial and operational strategies and leading all financial-related activities for the Group. The Role • Support the CFO in developing the strategy by providing recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities. • Manage the financial control framework with responsibility for all financial information provided internally and externally. • Contribute fully to the development of company strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers • Manage the collective achievement of the finance departmental objectives through the leadership of the finance department - setting individual objectives, recruiting qualified staff, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal • Lead the finance project activity working closely with key stakeholders to track progress on key milestones of the required projects, identifying and co-ordinating any key dependencies with the stakeholders. • Ensure that company financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth. • Implement operational best practices • Ensure financial legal compliance. The Person • Finance related degree from a leading University and/or MBA • Qualified Accountant (ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA) with significant post qualification experience in both technical and operational finance roles. • A minimum of 8 - 10 years finance leadership experience in the corporate private sector in a range of senior finance positions with exposure to large-scale project-based activities. • Ability to think strategically but have a hands-on pragmatic approach to implementation. • Outstanding commercial and strategic awareness and acumen with proven leadership capability, inspiring teams and building strong internal and external business relationships • Proficiency in business process leadership; being able to drive project plans from planning process, implementation and communication

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