Finance Director

Converge; Dubai; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Converge (United Arab Emirates) seeks an experienced Finance Director to lead the finance function of a new premium multi-specialty tertiary hospital in Dubai. You will oversee FP&A, budgeting, governance, treasury, and strategic financial planning, working with clinical and operational leaders to optimize performance.

Reporting to the CEO, the role requires a CA/ACCA/CPA/CMA, a Bachelor's degree, 10+ years in finance with 5+ in senior leadership, and proven healthcare finance experience in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Extensive healthcare finance experience within hospitals or healthcare groups is mandatory.
• Strong FP&A, budgeting, governance, and business partnering experience.
• UAE healthcare and multi-specialty hospital experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with healthcare expansion or multi-entity groups is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall finance operations, reporting, controls, treasury, and audit readiness.
• Drive budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modelling.
• Provide financial insights to support executive decisions.
• Monitor performance, payer mix, costs, and profitability.
• Develop business cases for new clinical services and expansion.
• Partner with clinical and operational leaders to improve financial performance.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance team.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Governance

Business partner

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Professional qualification CA/ACCA/CPA/CMA

Job description

Finance Director | Premium Tertiary Hospital | Dubai, UAE

About us

Our client is a new premium multi-specialty tertiary hospital in Dubai Healthcare City, opening in September 2027. Backed by Scope Investment and developed to be the region’s leading academic medical centre, the hospital brings together several centres of excellence, with gastroenterology as its flagship programme. It combines the latest medical technology with an academic approach to care, teaching and research, in a state-of-the-art building with premium design and a seamless digital patient journey. Care is physician-led and organised around the patient, and the hospital is designed and run to JCI standards from day one. Joining us now means helping to shape a new hospital from the ground up and building your career in an academic setting, with teaching, research and fellowship opportunities alongside clinical practice.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Finance Director to join our leadership team and support the development and operation of a new premium multi-specialty tertiary hospital in Dubai.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Finance Director will lead the hospital’s finance function, covering financial operations, FP&A, budgeting and forecasting, governance, compliance, treasury, business performance, and strategic financial planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall finance and accounting operations, reporting, controls, treasury, and audit readiness.
• Drive annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modelling.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
• Monitor hospital and service-line performance, Insurance networks, including revenue trends, payer mix, physician productivity, cost drivers, and profitability.
• Develop business cases and feasibility studies for new clinical services and expansion initiatives.
• Partner with clinical and operational leaders to drive financial performance and efficiency.
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years in a senior finance leadership role.
• Extensive healthcare finance experience within hospitals or healthcare groups is mandatory.
• Strong FP&A, commercial finance, budgeting, forecasting, governance, and business-partnering experience.
• UAE healthcare and multi-specialty hospital experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with healthcare expansion, new hospital projects, or multi-entity healthcare groups would be an advantage.

Please note: Candidates without relevant healthcare finance experience will not be considered.