Finance Head Of Compression Regional Services - Middle East

Siemens Energy

Abu Dhabi

Hybrid

AED 900,000 - 1,300,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Finance Head of Regional Service for the Middle East. You will lead a diverse finance team across the region, delivering strong financial performance, governance and strategic support to regional leadership.

You will drive financial planning, reporting, and risk management, partnering with commercial, technical and operation teams to enable sustainable growth and profitability. Travel within the region is expected.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related discipline; Master's degree or professional finance qualification is a plus.
At least 10 years of relevant finance experience across sales, projects, contracts and service-related functions.
Strong understanding of project and service business models including financial planning, forecasting, profitability, cost and cash management, and risk/opportunity management.
Proven people-leadership experience with geographically dispersed, multicultural teams in a complex matrix organization.
International experience and ability to operate across cultures and business environments.
Strong business-partnering, stakeholder-management, analytical and communication skills; fluent in English; Arabic knowledge advantageous.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Regional Service Finance team for Compression in the Middle East across multiple countries and locations.
Provide financial leadership for orders, projects, contracts, profitability, cost and cash management; ensure timely reporting and forecasting.
Offer financial insights and decision support to regional leadership; partner with technical, commercial, sales, and operations teams.

Skills

People leadership

Financial leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting

Master's or professional qualification

Job description

Job Description:

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our Compression Service organization as Finance Head of Regional Service, Middle East. As an integral member of the Middle East and Asia Pacific Leadership Team, you will play a key role in driving sustainable Service growth and financial performance across the Middle East region. You will lead an established, diverse and multicultural team of finance professionals distributed across multiple countries. You will continue to strengthen alignment and collaboration across locations while driving high performance, people development and strong financial management of the regional Service business. The role requires proven people leadership, strong financial and commercial expertise, intercultural competence and the ability to manage senior stakeholders effectively in a complex international and matrix organization.

How You’ll Make An Impact

Lead and further develop the established Regional Service Finance team for Compression in the Middle East, ensuring clear responsibilities, effective governance and strong collaboration across countries and locations.
Lead, inspire and develop a geographically dispersed and multicultural team, fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performance culture. Strengthen organizational capabilities through coaching, talent development, knowledge sharing and succession planning.
Provide overall financial leadership for the Regional Service business, covering order acquisition, project and contract execution, Service Repair Center network, profitability, cost and cash management, financial planning and performance monitoring. Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, with transparency of risks, opportunities and key performance drivers.
Develop and implement financial strategies supporting regional business objectives, sustainable growth and profitability.
Provide financial insights, recommendations and decision support to regional business leadership.
Act as a trusted business partner to technical, commercial, sales and operational organizations, supporting sound business decisions and financial transparency. Drive effective risk and opportunity management across the regional portfolio, ensuring timely mitigation and escalation.
Ensure compliance with applicable financial regulations, internal controls, company policies and governance requirements. Provide financial leadership in resolving significant customer, country, commercial and organizational matters.
Drive continuous improvement of finance processes, systems and ways of working, and lead the finance organization effectively through change. Undertake planned travel of approximately 25% within the region.

What You Bring

A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or a related discipline. A master’s degree or recognized professional finance or accounting qualification would be an advantage. At least 10 years of relevant finance experience, with progressively increasing responsibility across sales, projects, contracts and Service-related business functions.
Strong understanding of project and Service business models, including financial planning, forecasting, profitability, cost and cash management, and risk and opportunity management.
Proven people-leadership experience, with the ability to lead, engage, coach and develop geographically dispersed and multicultural teams in a complex matrix organization.
Strong inclusive leadership and intercultural skills, with the ability to build trust and alignment across countries, nationalities, functions and organizational levels.
Demonstrated experience in talent development, performance management and succession planning.
International experience and a proven ability to operate effectively across different cultures and business environments.
Strong business-partnering and stakeholder-management capabilities, with the confidence to advise and constructively challenge senior business leaders. Strong analytical, commercial, communication and influencing skills, combined with a collaborative and results-oriented leadership style.
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic or another language relevant to the region would be an advantage. Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

About The Team

Our Transformation of Industry division is decarbonizing the industrial sector. Increasing electrification and efficiency are key and demand for green H2 and derivative fuels will rise. We enable decarbonization of the industrial sector and the transition to sustainable processes, building on a strong industrial customer base, a global network, diverse technologies, and integrated execution capabilities.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

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