Finance Manager

VINCI; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Freyssinet is seeking a seasoned Finance leader to oversee regional finance across 17 business units in 9 countries within the Middle East. You will partner with three business lines (Freyssinet, Sixense, Nuvia) to drive profitability, cash flow, and governance while steering multi-entity reporting under IFRS.

You will lead a multicultural Finance & Accounting team, champion digital finance transformation, ERP, Power BI and reporting automation, and ensure compliance across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in finance and accounting management, including at least 5 years of significant exposure to international taxation, external audit, transfer pricing, treasury, and international compliance.
• Proven experience managing multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-country financial reporting within an international group.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, internal controls, audit processes, and group reporting standards.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, ERP systems, Power Query, and Power BI.
• Experience in digital finance transformation and reporting automation.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and coordinate multicultural finance teams across multiple countries.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience in the construction or engineering sector is a strong advantage.
• Fluency in English; Arabic is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance function across 17 BUs in 9 Middle Eastern countries.
• Support three Business Lines with diverse operational and commercial requirements.
• Oversee complex project accounting, cash-flow management, and international coordination.
• Coordinate taxation, banking, compliance, audit, and reporting across jurisdictions.
• Lead a multicultural Finance & Accounting team of 10–12 professionals.
• Oversee contract management, payment terms, guarantees, and joint ventures.
• Provide meaningful financial analysis and performance insights for management decisions.
• Drive digitalization, reporting automation, and finance process improvements.

Skills

Strategic financial leadership

Multinational team leadership

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

English fluency

Arabic language (advantage)

IFRS knowledge

Audit & compliance

Digital finance transformation

Education

Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee financial activities across 17 Business Units in 9 Middle Eastern countries.
• Support three distinct Business Lines with diverse operational and commercial requirements.
• Manage complex project accounting and cash-flow considerations within the construction sector.
• Coordinate taxation, banking, compliance, audit, and reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Lead and develop a multicultural, geographically dispersed finance team.
• Oversee contract management, payment terms, guarantees, joint ventures, and collections.
• Deliver meaningful financial analysis and performance insights to support management decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement through digitalization, reporting automation, and finance process enhancements.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine regional financial leadership, operational influence, and business partnering within a leading international engineering and construction group.

Role Complexity & Strategic Scope

You will lead the finance function across a diverse and complex regional environment covering 17 Business Units in 9 countries and three Business Lines: Freyssinet, Sixense, and Nuvia, representing approximately €50M in annual turnover.

Going beyond traditional financial management, you will navigate multiple regulatory, tax, banking, audit, and compliance environments while ensuring alignment with VINCI Group policies and governance standards.

As a trusted business partner to operational leaders, you will provide financial insight to support profitability, cash-flow optimization, risk management, and strategic decision-making.

You will lead a geographically dispersed Finance & Accounting team of 10–12 professionals and coordinate financial activities across multiple entities, currencies, and jurisdictions. You will also support business transformation initiatives, enhance financial reporting, and drive the adoption of digital tools including ERP systems, Salesforce, Power Query, and Power BI.

• The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, multicultural, project-based construction environment, combining strategic financial leadership with strong operational execution and stakeholder management.

Profile & Requirements

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in finance and accounting management, including at least 5 years of significant exposure to international taxation, external audit, transfer pricing, treasury, and international compliance.
• Proven experience managing multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-country financial reporting within an international group.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, internal controls, audit processes, and group reporting standards.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, ERP systems, Power Query, and Power BI.
• Experience in digital finance transformation and reporting automation.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and coordinate multicultural finance teams across multiple countries.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience in the construction or engineering sector is a strong advantage.
• Fluency in English; Arabic is an advantage.

Entity

Depuis plus de 80 ans, Freyssinet (6 300 collaborateurs – 950 M€ de chiffre d'affaires), filiale du groupe VINCI et leader mondial du génie civil spécialisé, repousse les limites de l'ingénierie en apportant des solutions techniques à forte valeur ajoutée dans deux domaines clés : la construction et la réparation d'ouvrages. Grâce à son expertise reconnue et à un réseau de plus de 50 implantations, le Groupe Freyssinet intervient sur les cinq continents sur des projets d'envergure : ponts et ouvrages d'art, passerelles, centrales nucléaires, infrastructures industrielles, bâtiments complexes, stades ou encore réservoirs d'eau. Notre ambition : sécuriser, renforcer et construire durablement les infrastructures de demain.