Finance Business Partner

Inspire Selection | Recruitment Agency; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 279,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Selection | Recruitment Agency in Dubai seeks a commercially-minded Finance Business Partner to lead project financial management across GCC operations. This hands-on role partners with Operations, owns governance end to end, and turns numbers into insights that shape decisions.

Reporting to the VP Finance, you'll manage budgets, forecasts and commercial planning, own financial governance of projects from start to finish, and contribute to the regional three-year business plan while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience in finance roles, preferably in project-based businesses.
• Strong commercial finance and project accounting experience.
• CPA/CMA or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders on budgets, rolling forecasts and commercial planning.
• Own project financial governance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project revenue, gross margin and profitability; input recognition details.
• Act as the primary finance business partner for Operations and Client Services.
• Drive timely client invoicing, collections activity, and manage project-related supplier payments.
• Prepare operational finance schedules and commercial performance reporting for month-end close.
• Support internal and external audits and drive continuous improvement in project finance processes and controls.

Skills

Project accounting

Finance partnering

Budgeting & forecasting

Revenue recognition

Stakeholder communication

French/Arabic language

Education

Accounting degree

Mathematics degree

Job description

Salary: AED 25,000 - 30,000 per month

We're looking for a commercially-minded Finance Business Partner to lead project financial management and business partnering across the GCC operations. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working closely with Operations, owning project financial governance end to end, and turning numbers into insight that shapes decisions.

Reporting to the VP Finance, you'll partner with business leaders on budgets, forecasts and commercial planning, own the financial governance of projects from initiation through completion, and play a key role in the regional three-year business plan. You'll also support month-end close, commercial reporting and audit processes, while continuously improving how the finance function operates.

• Partner with business leaders on budgets, rolling forecasts and commercial planning, developing revenue, margin and profitability assumptions.
• Own project financial governance throughout the project lifecycle, including post-project financial audits, timely closure, billing and revenue recognition inputs.
• Monitor project revenue, gross margin and profitability, preparing recognition inputs ahead of Financial Control review.
• Act as the primary finance business partner for Operations and Client Services.
• Drive timely client invoicing, coordinate collections activity, and manage project-related supplier payments and vendor onboarding.
• Prepare operational finance schedules and commercial performance reporting to support month-end close.
• Support internal and external audits and drive continuous improvement in project finance processes and controls.

Requirements

• Languages: French/Arabic preferred but not essential
• CPA/CMA etc preferred
• 10+ years work experience
• Maths / Accounting degree
• We prefer applications from women as the company is looking to build a more balanced team.
• Strong commercial finance / business partnering and project accounting experience, from a project-based business
• Solid understanding of revenue recognition, project profitability and financial governance.
• Confident communicator who can challenge and influence non-finance stakeholders.
• Comfortable owning workstreams end to end and working across a matrixed regional finance function.
• 4 days in the office, Friday working from home