Finance Manager LM – 2 – 0626

Lift Mart; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Visa and Emirates ID sponsorship

30 days annual leave

Job summary

Lift Mart, a Dubai-based elevator and escalator specialist, is expanding and seeking a hands-on finance leader to own planning, cash flow, banking relationships and cost control.

You will direct day-to-day bookkeeping above the General Accountant, focusing on forecasting, strategy and decisions that protect and grow cash position. This is not a back-office role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a finance management or controller role, ideally in trading, construction, or contracting.
• Proven experience managing cash flow in a working-capital-intensive business — import-dependent or project-based industries preferred.
• Strong experience with UAE banking facilities — short-term loans, trade finance, LCs, and revolving credit.

Responsibilities

• Own all financial planning, cash flow management, banking relationships, and cost control.
• Direct day-to-day bookkeeping above the General Accountant; focus on strategy, forecasting, and cash protection.
• Prepare monthly management accounts with full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow; provide variance commentary.
• VAT and tax compliance — ensure filings are accurate and on time.
• Budgeting — build the annual budget and reforecast quarterly based on performance.

Skills

Financial leadership

Cash flow management

ERP experience (Odoo)

Advanced Excel

Banking relationships

VAT & tax knowledge

Tools

Odoo ERP

Job description

Lift Mart is a Dubai-based elevator and escalator specialist operating across the UAE. We deliver installation, maintenance, and modernisation services to residential, commercial, and industrial clients. We are scaling and need disciplined financial leadership to match that growth.

The Role

You will own all financial planning, cash flow management, banking relationships, and cost control for the business. You will work above the General Accountant — directing the day-to-day bookkeeping function while you focus on strategy, forecasting, and decisions that protect and grow the company’s cash position. This is a hands‑on financial leadership role, not a back‑office reporting function.

What You Will Own

• 13-week rolling cash flow forecast — updated every week without exception. You will know, at all times, what cash the business has and what it will have a week, a month, and a quarter from now.
• Receivables management — drive down Days Sales Outstanding through structured client follow‑up, milestone billing, and escalation discipline. No invoice sits unpaid past 45 days without an active recovery plan.
• Payables management — schedule supplier payments to protect cash while never delaying a payment that would stop a critical order or factory shipment.
• Banking relationships — manage all bank facilities, negotiate better terms, and restructure expensive short‑term debt into more efficient facilities.
• Project cost control — implement and maintain project‑level cost cards so every installation has a live budget versus actual, and margin erosion is caught in week one, not month three.
• Monthly management accounts — full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement published by the 5th of every month with variance commentary.
• VAT and tax compliance — ensure all filings are accurate and on time, with zero FTA penalties.
• Budgeting — build the annual budget and reforecast quarterly based on actual performance.

What We Measure You On

KPI Target

Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) Below 60 days

Cash flow forecast accuracy Within 10% of actual, weekly

Monthly accounts published By the 5th of every month

Finance cost as % of revenue Below 2.5%

Reports to: General Manager | Start: Immediate

Job Requirements

What You Must Have

• 5+ years in a finance management or controller role, ideally in trading, construction, or contracting
• Proven experience managing cash flow in a working‑capital‑intensive business — import‑dependent or project‑based industries preferred
• Strong experience with UAE banking facilities — short‑term loans, trade finance, LCs, and revolving credit
• Experience negotiating directly with banks on facility terms and pricing
• Strong Excel and ERP skills — Odoo experience preferred
• UAE VAT and corporate tax knowledge
• Fluent English; Arabic is an advantage

What We Offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Performance bonus linked to cash flow and cost control KPIs
• Medical insurance, visa and Emirates ID sponsorship
• 30 days annual leave