Finance Director / Chief Accountant
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Finance Director / Chief Accountant Heavy Industry & Manufacturing Sector 📍 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia A leading industrial company in the heavy manufacturing and metals sector is seeking a highly strategic and operational Finance Director / Chief Accountant to lead the company’s financial operations, planning, reporting, and business transformation initiatives. This is not a traditional accounting role. We are looking for a finance leader with strong operational understanding
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📍 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
A leading industrial company in the heavy manufacturing and metals sector is seeking a highly strategic and operational Finance Director / Chief Accountant to lead the company’s financial operations, planning, reporting, and business transformation initiatives.
This is not a traditional accounting role.
We are looking for a finance leader with strong operational understanding, strategic thinking, and hands-on industrial experience.
The ideal candidate must understand factory operations, manufacturing costs, operational finance, and long-term business growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
- Build advanced financial models and conduct scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making
- Evaluate multiple operational and investment scenarios and assess financial impact and business risk
- Develop executive-level financial reports, dashboards, and KPI analysis
- Monitor factory performance, production costs, inventory valuation, and operational efficiency
- Lead cost accounting activities and identify opportunities for cost optimization and margin improvement
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting
- Manage and optimize financial operations through SAP ERP systems
- Develop Power BI dashboards for financial and operational analytics
- Support executive management with data-driven financial insights and recommendations
- Build scalable financial controls, governance structures, and reporting processes
- Coordinate with auditors, banks, consultants, and regulatory authorities
- Support IPO readiness, investment structuring, and capital market initiatives
- Lead and develop finance and accounting teams
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
- Professional certifications such as CPA, CMA, CFA, or ACCA are preferred
- Strong experience in heavy industry, manufacturing plants, metals, mining, recycling, or industrial operations
- Proven experience in financial leadership and operational finance
- Advanced experience with SAP ERP (FI/CO)
- Strong Power BI, reporting, and financial analytics skills
- Strong understanding of manufacturing costing and industrial financial operations
- Experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis
- Strong leadership, communication, and analytical capabilities
- IPO, capital market, or corporate restructuring exposure is highly preferred
Key Skills
- Financial Strategy
• Financial Modeling & Scenario Analysis
- Operational Finance
• Manufacturing Cost Control
- SAP ERP
- Power BI
• Cash Flow Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business Transformation
• Leadership & Team Management
- Industrial Finance
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