Director - Support Services

About Botanica

Role purpose

Finance and accounting

• Own financial records, month-end close, management accounts, and contract-level P&L in line with accounting standards and RSG Group Finance.
• Run billing, receivables, payables, cash-flow forecasting, and banking; ensure VAT and ZATCA e-invoicing compliance.
• Produce P&L by business unit and revenue stream; support budgeting, cost control, and financial modeling.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and close findings on time.

HR and government relations

• Lead workforce planning and recruitment, including for the in-house landscape maintenance workforce.
• Run reward, retention, and engagement programs, focusing on critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Run payroll, GOSI, Qiwa, and Muqeem processes; manage work permits, residency renewals, and Nitaqat compliance.
• Manage accommodation and welfare standards, training and competency records, and HR policies with Group HR and SuccessFactors.

Procurement and administration

• Set sourcing strategy and run needs assessment, RFQs, evaluation, purchase orders, and supplier performance through the Senior Manager – Procurement.
• Manage supplier contracts for plants, imports, inputs, equipment, and services under procurement policy; core landscape maintenance is in-house.
• Support stores control, inventory valuation, and asset records with Production and Finance.
• Manage office services, document control, records retention, internal communications, policies, procedures, and the Delegation of Authority register.

Systems, leadership, and improvement

• Coordinate ERP, HRIS, inventory, and fleet systems with RSG Group IT; keep staff, contract, and asset records accurate and current.
• Ensure data integrity and access controls for financial and personnel data.
• Lead the Shared Services department, sized at 17 FTE to support the nursery and landscape maintenance workforce.
• Apply company policies, procedures, delegation of authority, and management systems; lead improvements in cost, productivity, and client value.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• SOCPA, CMA, CPA, or MBA is preferred.
• At least 15 years of experience, including at least 7 years leading finance, HR, or shared services functions in Saudi Arabia.
• Experience supporting a multi-business-unit organization with a field workforce of several hundred employees.

Skills and competencies

• Financial control, budgeting, management reporting, audit, and financial modeling.
• Saudi labor law, GOSI, Nitaqat, and government relations processes.
• Procurement governance, supplier contract management, integrated management systems, and compliance.
• Fluent Arabic and English; competencies include HSSE compliance, risk mitigation, and administrative documentation control.

Job context

• Shared Services supports multiple revenue streams and a large in-house field workforce.
• High-volume hiring, payroll, residency, permit, accommodation, and procurement processes must be reliable because errors affect employee pay and legal status.
• Leadership relies on accurate business-unit cost information for pricing and investment decisions.