Senior Finance Director – HDGT Services EMEA (mf)

GE Vernova; Remote; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational energy company in Dubai seeks a Senior Finance Director responsible for driving profitability and cash flow in a $4B region. The role demands extensive experience in finance operations and strong analytical skills to enhance financial performance and mitigate risks. Candidates should possess at least a Bachelor's degree in Finance, with a Master's preferred. This remote position offers no relocation assistance, and fluency in English and/or Italian is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent.
• Major experience in finance or operations function.
• Knowledge in managing multiple ERPs and planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth and productivity in the $4B EMEA region.
• Implement risk mitigation strategies in volatile markets.
• Optimize financial performance for contracts in the MENA portfolio.

Skills

Strong accounting technical skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration

Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration

Tools

ERP systems

Financial planning and reporting tools

Job description

Job Description Summary

As the Senior Finance Director for HDGT Services for the EMEA pole you will provide guidance for a $4B region driving commercial growth profitability and cash. You will be fully accountable for the business financials for each contract in their portfolio. The Senior Finance Director for HDGT Services for the EMEA pole is the strategic partner to business operations and this role will leverage company-to-country expertise to assist the commercial and operations teams in planning and driving execution commercial or operational.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver growth and productivity in the 2nd largest region in the world with $4B Revenue forecasted.
• Drive finance transformation and lead culture change in ITR.
• Risk mitigation strategies in a highly volatile market portfolio.
• Provide wing to wing ITO and OTR financial execution seeking to optimize financials (Orders P&L Cash) and identify potential commercial & operational risks and opportunities for the defined MENA portfolio.
• Partner with Service Operations Finance and Global Services FP&A for all planning cycles and pacing/punchlist.
• Partner with the ITR Operating teams Service Directors and Commercial teams to provide inputs for decision making to optimize financial performance both short term and long term.
• Provide country or contract specific knowledge to evaluate deal economics risk profiles and progress deals towards commercial closure.
• Optimize cash metrics in partnership with the Cash Leader on collections past due s billed / paid on time LC processes drive PSRs and identify action items to continue driving progress.
• Execute all finance deliverables per standards set up by the HDGT Services business lines CS / TX.
• Maintain oversight of key operational and commercial processes such as Advance Release bank guarantees concession review board P5 deal reviews.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college in Finance Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent international degree or equivalent knowledge or experience
• Major experience in finance or operations function.
• Strong accounting technical skills.
• Knowledge in managing multiple ERPs planning and reporting tools automation digitization.
• Foster strong analytical skills to produce in-depth future profitability metrics based on historical trends.

Desired Characteristics:

• Masters Degree in Finance Accounting or Business Administration
• You have a passion for leading large complex projects that balance multiple stakeholders
• You are someone who has the ability to deliver with focus during change prioritize and perform in a fast-paced environment and respond quickly to priorities
• You have experience in driving process improvement lean initiatives driving out waste
• You have excellent time management organizational and data driven skills to allow to operate in a highly matrixed organization
• Preference will be given to current Gas Power Finance employees

Additional Information:

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

If contracted in Italy: EU work permit

Fluency in English and/or Italian

Required Experience:

Director