Lead Programme Finance Controller

Analog; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog is seeking a Program Finance Controller to own financial control across a large delivery programme. You will partner with delivery leads, the PMO, and finance to keep budgets, forecasts, and invoicing tight, surfacing risk before it becomes a problem.

You will produce monthly and milestone financial reporting packs for stakeholders and manage milestone-based invoicing, ensuring contract terms drive cash flow in a complex programme.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a finance controller or senior financial analyst on a large delivery programme or major project.
• Strong command of budget versus actuals analysis, forecasting, and variance reporting.
• Direct experience with milestone based invoicing and contract billing on complex programmes.
• Comfort managing multiple workstreams and stakeholders at once, without losing accuracy.
• A qualification in accounting or finance, or equivalent practical experience.
• Sharp attention to detail, and the confidence to flag issues early rather than let them grow.
• Strong Excel or financial systems skills, and clear written reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own budget versus actuals tracking by workstream and maintain a single source of truth for programme financials.
• Build and maintain rolling forecasts and explain variances to delivery and finance leadership.
• Track contractual exposure and commitments across the programme and flag risk before it becomes a variance.
• Prepare monthly and milestone financial reporting packs for programme and client stakeholders.
• Prepare itemised milestone-based invoices and manage the process from draft through client approval and payment.
• Reconcile invoiced amounts against contract terms and delivery milestones and resolve discrepancies quickly.
• Work with legal and commercial teams to understand contract terms that affect billing, exposure, and cash flow.
• Maintain audit-ready records of budgets, invoices, and approvals across the programme.

Skills

Budget vs Actuals analysis

Forecasting

Variance reporting

Milestone-based invoicing

Contract billing

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Excel / financial systems

Education

Accounting or finance degree

Tools

Excel

Financial systems

Job description

Analog is seeking a Program Finance Controller to own financial control across a large delivery programme. You will partner with delivery leads, the PMO, and finance to keep budgets, forecasts, and invoicing tight, surfacing risk before it becomes a problem.

You will produce monthly and milestone financial reporting packs for stakeholders and manage milestone-based invoicing, ensuring contract terms drive cash flow in a complex programme.