GBS Finance Tower Lead

Agthia Group PJSC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Agthia Group PJSC is seeking a senior leader to own end-to-end Finance process design and transformation across the organization, driving standardization and performance management across FP&A, accounting, AR/AP, treasury, tax, and reporting.

The role partners with Master Data Management to ensure data quality and governance while leading digitization initiatives including automation, analytics, and AI-enabled finance solutions across geographies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field required.
• 10+ years in Finance domains such as FP&A, Corporate Finance or Finance Transformation.
• 5+ years in leadership roles managing Finance processes or enterprise-wide programs.
• FMCG/Food & Beverage manufacturing experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Finance process design and transformation initiatives, ensuring adoption of leading practices, standardization, and simplification.
• Drive process harmonization across key Finance areas including FP&A, Accounting & Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Tax, Financial Close, and Management Reporting.
• Establish enterprise-wide performance management frameworks providing visibility into financial, operational, and commercial performance.
• Partner with MDM to establish strong governance, data quality, and standardization across Finance-related master data.
• Lead digital finance transformation initiatives including process automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.

Skills

Finance process design

Process transformation leadership

Data governance

Digital transformation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related discipline

CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA preferred

Job description

The GBS Finance Tower Lead is accountable for the end-to-end design, governance, standardization, performance management, and continuous improvement of Agthia's Finance processes across all business units, functions, and geographies. The role serves as the single point of accountability for Finance process strategy, governance, performance management, analytics, data governance, GBS operating model alignment, and digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end Finance process design and transformation initiatives, ensuring adoption of leading practices, standardization, and simplification.
• Drive process harmonization across key Finance areas including FP&A, Accounting & Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Tax, Financial Close, and Management Reporting.
• Establish enterprise-wide performance management frameworks providing visibility into financial, operational, and commercial performance.
• Partner with MDM to establish strong governance, data quality, and standardization across Finance-related master data.
• Lead digital finance transformation initiatives including process automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related discipline; CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience across Finance, FP&A, Business Finance, Corporate Finance, Finance Transformation, Process Excellence, or GBS environments.
• 5+ years in leadership roles managing Finance processes, transformation initiatives, or enterprise-wide programs.
• FMCG/Food & Beverage manufacturing experience strongly preferred.