Chief Financial Officer

Foreground LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

A diversified investment group is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead financial strategy and reporting across multiple subsidiaries. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and risk management while ensuring financial alignment and accountability with operating companies. Ideal candidates will have significant CFO experience, robust knowledge of UAE or GCC regulations, and professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, or CMA. Strong communication skills and strategic thinking are essential. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in enhancing financial governance and discipline.

Qualifications

• Significant CFO or Group Finance leadership experience required.
• Strong exposure to multi-entity reporting and consolidation is necessary.
• Knowledge of local regulations and banking in the UAE or GCC preferred.
• Professional qualifications (CPA, ACCA, CMA) are expected, with board-level communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead group-wide financial strategy and reporting.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and risk management functions.
• Collaborate with CEOs to ensure financial alignment.
• Close collaboration with CEOs of operating companies to ensure financial alignment and performance.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial leadership

Multi-entity reporting

Governance

Communication skills

Treasury management

M&A experience

Education

CPA, ACCA, or CMA

Job description

Our Client

Our client is a diversified group with investments across real estate, services, and operating businesses in the UAE and wider GCC. The group is moving toward tighter financial governance, improved reporting transparency, and more structured capital deployment.

The Role

The Chief Financial Officer will lead group-wide financial strategy, reporting, and risk management across multiple subsidiaries. This role will oversee budgeting, forecasting, treasury, tax, and audit functions while supporting the board on strategic and investment decisions. The CFO will play a central role in enhancing financial controls, improving cash flow discipline, and supporting M&A or expansion initiatives. Close collaboration with CEOs of operating companies will be essential to ensure financial alignment and performance accountability. The role will also manage external relationships with banks, auditors, and advisors.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have significant CFO or Group Finance leadership experience within diversified groups or holding structures. Strong exposure to multi-entity reporting, consolidation, and governance is mandatory. A background in the UAE or GCC is strongly preferred, with solid knowledge of local regulations and banking environments. The candidate must demonstrate strategic thinking alongside hands‑on financial leadership. Professional qualifications (CPA, ACCA, CMA) are expected, with board-level communication skills essential.