Finance Manager (DIFC)

Inspire Selection | Recruitment Agency; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Selection is seeking a Finance Manager to join the CFO's team in Dubai. You will oversee a sizeable portfolio, combining finance and accounting with investment reporting across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and listed securities.

Responsibilities include consolidating statements, managing forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and signing off on period-end reports. Expect multi-entity structures, audit coordination, and active business partnering with deal teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting or finance (CFA/ACCA/CPA plus).
• Experience in Big 4 preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Build and consolidate financial statements for multiple entities, SPVs, and investment structures.
• Maintain IFRS/GAAP reporting and internal standards.

Skills

Financial management

IFRS/GAAP knowledge

Investment reporting

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Degree in accounting/finance

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Investment management platforms

Job description

This Finance Manager position sits within the CFO's team and carries responsibility for a sizeable portfolio held on behalf of the Owner.

We're looking for someone who combines a finance and accounting background with genuine comfort around fund structures and investment reporting .

Role

• Building and consolidating financial statements for a group of entities, SPVs, and investment structures


• Keeping reporting practices aligned with IFRS/GAAP and relevant internal standards


• Producing investor-facing and internal reports at both fund and portfolio level


• Running the forecasting, budgeting, and variance-analysis cycle across the organisation


• Signing off on monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial statements


• Working alongside deal teams through structuring, due diligence, and the deployment of capital


• Handling the accounting treatment for holdings across private equity, venture capital, listed securities, and real estate


• Keeping tabs on portfolio performance - returns, valuations, allocation across asset classes


• Planning cash flow around capital calls, distributions, and new investments

Compliance & Governance

• Acting as the main point of contact for auditors, regulators, and tax advisors during review cycles


• Keeping the organisation aligned with applicable financial regulation and industry compliance requirements


• Building out policies, controls, and risk frameworks that hold up to scrutiny

Treasury

• Keeping liquidity healthy across the fund and corporate structure


• Managing FX exposure, hedging, and the timing of cash deployment


• Looking after banking relationships and shaping an efficient capital structure

Business Partnering

• Feeding financial analysis into board-level and investment discussions


• Helping model scenarios for fundraising and capital-allocation decisions


• Supporting due diligence and valuation work on prospective deals

Requirements

• A degree in accounting, finance, or a related subject — CFA, ACCA, or CPA is a plus rather than a must


• Preference for someone who started their career in the Big 4


• 6+ years in a financial management role, ideally somewhere with real investment exposure eg family office, PE, asset management, or corporate finance


• Comfortable working across multi-entity structures, with a track record of managing audit relationships and control frameworks


• Strong technical grounding in IFRS/GAAP and investment/portfolio accounting


• Confident with financial modelling and advanced Excel; exposure to ERP or investment management platforms is useful


• Office based 5 days a week --> long hours can be expected

Attributes

• Sharp commercial instincts paired with strong analytical thinking


• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders with clear, confident communication


• Meticulous, with a low tolerance for errors


• Some leadership or people-management experience