Senior Manager - Factory Finance

GMG Gulf; Dubai; On-site; AED 110,172 - 154,241; Full time

Job summary

GMG Gulf is seeking a Senior Manager – Factory Finance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ideal candidate will have 8-12 years of experience in finance, primarily within manufacturing, and will manage comprehensive finance operations while ensuring compliance with group policies and financial governance.

This role requires expertise in financial reporting and cost control to streamline and boost factory efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline is required.
• Master's Degree is an advantage.
• 8-12 years of progressive finance experience with manufacturing exposure.
• Proven experience managing factory-level finance operations.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing finance and inventory control.

Responsibilities

• Manage factory-level finance operations.
• Maintain strong financial discipline across transactions.
• Oversee month-end closing activities.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Monitor key manufacturing finance metrics.

Skills

Factory finance

Manufacturing finance

Financial control

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Production costing

Bill of materials

Variance analysis

Inventory accounting

Inventory valuation

Stock reconciliation

Cost per unit analysis

Yield analysis

Wastage tracking

Margin analysis

Budget control

Forecasting

Month-end close

Journal entries

Balance sheet reconciliation

Financial reporting

Audit management

Internal controls

Compliance monitoring

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Working capital management

Procurement finance

Production finance

Cost optimisation

Factory operations support

Business partnering

Team leadership

Financial governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline

Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

Tools

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Job description

Job Snapshot

Senior Manager – Factory Finance – Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Manufacturing, Finance/Accounting, Full‑time.

Salary range: 30,000‑42,000 USD (established).

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Dubai
• Industry: Manufacturing
• Function: Finance/Accounting
• General Experience: 8‑12 years in finance with strong manufacturing or factory finance exposure
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any

Key Responsibilities

• Manage factory‑level finance operations in line with GMG Group finance policies, internal controls, governance frameworks, and reporting standards.
• Maintain strong financial discipline across manufacturing transactions, including inventory, procurement, production costing, factory expenses, and operational accruals.
• Oversee month‑end closing activities, journal entries, factory cost allocations, provisions, reconciliations, and balance sheet schedules.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting for factory operations, aligned with Group timelines and management expectations.
• Monitor key manufacturing finance metrics such as cost per unit, production yield, wastage, material variances, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, and margin movement.
• Review inventory accounting, stock valuation, factory consumption, inventory adjustments, and related financial controls to ensure reporting accuracy.
• Partner with factory operations to identify cost‑saving opportunities across raw materials, packaging, labor, utilities, maintenance, overheads, and production processes.
• Analyze production costs, standard costs, actual costs, bill of material variances, usage trends, and inefficiencies to support better manufacturing decisions.
• Track factory budgets and spending against approved financial plans, highlighting risks, overspends, savings opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities by preparing factory‑level financial assumptions, cost models, volume inputs, working capital needs, and operational finance data.
• Lead and support internal and external audits, ensuring documentation readiness, timely responses, and closure of audit findings.
• Safeguard company assets through regular reconciliations, control reviews, stock checks, inventory validation, and compliance follow‑up.
• Strengthen factory finance processes by improving reporting discipline, cost visibility, approval workflows, documentation quality, and control effectiveness.
• Provide practical financial insight to factory operations leadership on productivity, waste reduction, cost optimisation, and profitability improvement.
• Support business decisions with clear analysis of manufacturing performance, working capital, inventory movement, margin trends, and operational risks.
• Manage and develop the factory finance team by allocating work, reviewing outputs, coaching team members, and ensuring high‑quality deliverables.
• Build finance capability within the factory through on‑the‑job guidance, process discipline, performance follow‑up, and continuous improvement.
• Promote a culture of accountability, accuracy, cost awareness, compliance, and strong business partnering across factory finance activities.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline is required.
• Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is an advantage.
• 8‑12 years of progressive finance experience, with significant exposure to manufacturing, factory operations, production finance, or plant finance.
• Proven experience managing factory‑level finance operations, including costing, inventory, month‑end close, reporting, controls, and operational finance support.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing finance, bill of materials, standard costing, production variances, inventory valuation, stock reconciliations, and factory cost controls.
• Experience working in large, structured organizations with defined governance frameworks, audit requirements, approval controls, and Group reporting standards.
• Strong ability to analyse production costs, factory budgets, margins, wastage, yield, labor costs, overheads, and working capital movement.
• Skilled in financial reporting, month‑end closing, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Good understanding of internal controls, audit management, compliance standards, asset safeguarding, and financial governance.
• Advanced Excel skills and hands‑on experience with ERP systems used for finance, inventory, procurement, production, and reporting.
• Strong business partnering capability with the confidence to work closely with factory operations, supply chain, procurement, production, and senior finance teams.
• Practical leadership style with the ability to manage team output, improve finance discipline, and support continuous development.
• Detail‑oriented, analytical, and execution‑focused with strong ownership of deadlines, data accuracy, and financial control.

Skills Set

• Factory finance
• Manufacturing finance
• Financial control
• Cost accounting
• Standard costing
• Production costing
• Bill of materials
• Variance analysis
• Inventory accounting
• Inventory valuation
• Stock reconciliation
• Cost per unit analysis
• Yield analysis
• Wastage tracking
• Margin analysis
• Budget control
• Forecasting
• Month‑end close
• Journal entries
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Financial reporting
• Audit management
• Internal controls
• Compliance monitoring
• ERP systems
• Advanced Excel
• Working capital management
• Procurement finance
• Production finance
• Cost optimisation
• Factory operations support
• Business partnering
• Team leadership
• Financial governance