Financial Controller

Yello; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Yello is seeking a senior financial controller to join its Dubai-based manufacturing and engineering team, driving budgeting, forecasting, and regional financial planning across projects.

You will prepare management reports, analyze variances, and partner with Operations and Supply Chain to enhance financial visibility and decision-making. The role requires UAE experience, a relevant degree, and professional qualifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Controlling, or related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Financial Controlling, FP&A, or Industrial Finance.
• Previous finance or controlling experience within the UAE is essential.
• Experience within manufacturing, engineering, or another industrial environment is highly preferred.
• Exposure to business start-ups, plant launches, or ERP implementation projects would be advantageous.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and Corporate Tax requirements.
• Good understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and financial analysis.
• Familiarity with IFRS and internal control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budgeting process, forecasting activities, and medium-term financial planning
• Prepare and analyse monthly management reports, providing insight into financial performance and key trends
• Monitor budget performance and investigate variances against targets
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and support corrective actions
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support informed business decisions
• Analyse manufacturing costs, including materials, labour, and overhead allocations
• Maintain and review costing assumptions and investigate standard versus actual cost variances
• Review inventory valuation and work-in-progress balances with operations teams
• Monitor productivity, capacity utilisation, scrap rates, and other operational metrics
• Assess and track financial benefits of cost-saving and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities in line with reporting deadlines
• Review accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and supporting financial schedules
• Analyse sales performance, margins, and operating expenditure
• Prepare reporting submissions for regional and group stakeholders
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management activities
• Monitor receivable, payable, inventory, and cash performance indicators
• Track capital expenditure commitments and spending against approved budgets
• Assist with VAT, Corporate Tax, and regulatory compliance activities
• Maintain effective financial controls, documentation, and audit trails
• Support internal and external audits and ensure recommendations are implemented
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of finance processes and reporting tools
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and HR teams to improve financial visibility and accountability
• Support ERP optimisation projects, data quality improvements, and reporting automation initiatives

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

Stakeholder management

IFRS knowledge

Experience UAE

Manufacturing industry

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance/Accounting/Controlling

ACCA/CIMA CMA or equivalent desirable

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Our client is a globally established organisation operating within a highly technical manufacturing and engineering environment. With an international footprint and a strong commitment to innovation, quality, and operational excellence, the business offers the opportunity to contribute to large-scale industrial projects while supporting the continued development of its regional operations.

• * Support the annual budgeting process, forecasting activities, and medium-term financial planning
• * Prepare and analyse monthly management reports, providing insight into financial performance and key trends
• * Monitor budget performance and investigate variances against targets
• * Identify financial risks and opportunities and support the implementation of corrective actions
• * Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support informed business decisions
• * Analyse manufacturing costs, including materials, labour, and overhead allocations
• * Maintain and review costing assumptions and investigate standard versus actual cost variances
• * Review inventory valuation and work-in-progress balances in collaboration with operational teams
• * Monitor productivity, capacity utilisation, scrap rates, and other operational performance metrics
• * Assess and track the financial benefits of cost-saving and continuous improvement initiatives
• * Support month-end and year-end closing activities in line with reporting deadlines
• * Review accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and supporting financial schedules
• * Analyse sales performance, margins, and operating expenditure
• * Prepare reporting submissions for regional and group stakeholders
• * Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management activities
• * Monitor receivable, payable, inventory, and cash performance indicators
• * Track capital expenditure commitments and spending against approved budgets
• * Assist with VAT, Corporate Tax, and regulatory compliance activities
• * Maintain effective financial controls, documentation, and audit trails
• * Support internal and external audits and ensure recommendations are implemented
• * Contribute to the development and enhancement of finance processes and reporting tools
• * Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and HR teams to improve financial visibility and accountability
• * Support ERP optimisation projects, data quality improvements, and reporting automation initiatives

• * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Controlling, or a related discipline
• * Minimum 6 years of experience within Financial Controlling, FP&A, or Industrial Finance
• * Previous finance or controlling experience within the UAE is essential
• * Experience within manufacturing, engineering, or another industrial environment is highly preferred
• * Exposure to business start-ups, plant launches, or ERP implementation projects would be advantageous
• * Professional qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent is desirable
• * Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and Corporate Tax requirements
• * Good understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and financial analysis
• * Familiarity with IFRS and internal control frameworks
• * Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems
• * Experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools would be beneficial
• * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills