Senior Finance Manager

Black Pearl Consult; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG / Food Manufacturing company in Dubai is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to oversee financial operations and manage the finance team. You will work closely with the CFO, focus on compliance, budgeting, and improve processes through automation. Candidates should have a Bachelor in Commerce or equivalent, with 10-12 years of relevant experience, and strong ERP knowledge, preferably SAP. This role requires strong communication skills and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of experience in Accounts and finance.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in MIS and reporting in a manufacturing organization.
• Exposure to M&A activities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all financial operations including budgeting and planning.
• Manage the finance team and ensure timely payments to vendors.
• Work on compliance with statutory requirements and audit controls.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Functional expert knowledge of ERP, preferably SAP

Fluency in English

Knowledge of Arabic

Education

Bachelor of Commerce, CA, CPA or equivalent

Job description

A leading FMCG / Food Manufacturingcompany in Dubaiis seeking to hire a Senior Finance Managerto join its growing finance team in Dubai. This role will work collaboratively with CFO to oversee all financial and business control operations, MIS / reporting, accounts payable, revenue management, payroll, treasury etc. and effective management of budgeting and planning process. Lead and implement the process improvements and procedures with focus on system driven processes, helping smooth conduct of external and Internal audits, effective deployment of policies and controls and robust review mechanism to ensure any deviation in meeting company objectives are timely highlighted and actioned. Motivate, develop and manage the finance team.

Other responsibilities includes but not limited to :

Compliance to all statutory requirements – Direct / Indirect Taxes, DFM / ESCA regulations, IFRS etc

Focus on enhancing the efficiency of operations through automation and reducing paper work.

Keeping tab on Various teething issues related to SAP operations and its follow up with the IT team.

Preparation of Operating Budget of the company with detailed analysis and reports related to Sales growth, GP, Expenses and profitability and ensuring that it is updated in SAP.

Provide analytic reports and variance analysis for monthly management reviews and quarterly, yearly board meetings regarding financial results of the business.

Work with Accounting and Operations Department to support monthly and quarterly close activities.

Assist in the preparation of budgets, forecasts, Strategic business plans.

Managing the external and internal audits and timely completion.

Review the Capex requests, calculate payback and ROI, Ensuring timely and correct capitalization of Assets on monthly basis.

Ensure full Budgetary control for Opex and Capex.

Supervise and guide Finance team – AP, Treasury, Payroll, Fixed Assets, GL / MIS

Closely monitor the finance and accounting activities related to AP, GL, Fixed Assets, Treasury, Payroll and ensure all transactions are recorded accurately and timely with appropriate approvals.

Maintain confidentiality of all payroll information.

Ensure employee advances / loans are deducted in a timely manner

Monthly review of all AP control accounts, GRIR’s, oversee the AP invoice booking process ensuring 3 / 4 way match is performed .

Timely payments to vendors as per agreed payment terms, monitor ageing reports and vendor reconciliations.

Ensure Vendor debit balances / advances are settled in time.

Review of open purchase orders at least once in a quarter.

Correct and timely uploading of XBRL on quarterly Basis.

Assess training needs for development and to enhance work efficiency.

Requirements

To be considered for this role, you need to meet the following criteria :

Bachelor of Commerce, CA, CPA or equivalent

10-12 years of experience in Accounts and finance with at least 5 years of MIS and reporting in Manufacturing organization with distribution activities

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Power Point

Functional expert knowledge of ERP, preferably SAP

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Exposure to M&A activities a plus

Fluency in English, Arabic knowledge is added advantage

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