Chief Financial Officer

foregroundllc; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreground LLC seeks a seasoned Chief Financial Officer to steer group-wide financial strategy, reporting, and risk management across subsidiaries in the UAE/GCC. You will oversee budgeting, treasury, tax, and audit while guiding strategic investments and governance.

You will drive financial controls, cash-flow discipline, and support M&A initiatives, working closely with operating company CEOs to ensure alignment and accountability across the group.

Qualifications

• Significant CFO or group finance leadership experience within diversified groups or holding structures.
• Strong exposure to multi-entity reporting, consolidation, and governance.
• Background in UAE or GCC is strongly preferred with knowledge of local regulations and banking environments.
• Professional qualifications (CPA, ACCA, CMA) are expected with board-level communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead group-wide financial strategy, reporting, and risk management across subsidiaries.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, treasury, tax, and audit functions; support board on strategic decisions.
• Enhance financial controls and cash flow discipline; support M&A or expansion initiatives.
• Collaborate with CEOs of operating companies to ensure financial alignment and performance accountability.
• Manage external relationships with banks, auditors, and advisors.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Board communication

Multi-entity reporting

Governance

Financial controls

Banking relations

Education

CPA/ACCA/CMA

Tools

ERP systems

Consolidation software

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.