Finance Manager

Role overview

Financial reporting and control

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close for all KSA entities and deliver reporting packs to the Chief Delivery Officer, Group CFO, and Group Finance.
• Prepare statutory financial statements under IFRS as endorsed in Saudi Arabia and coordinate internal and external audits end to end.
• Design, implement, and monitor internal controls, accounting policies, chart of accounts, and delegation of authority across KSA companies.
• Support consolidation and group or multi-country reporting for the RHQ structure.

Project finance and delivery

• Control project transactions, including IPC workings, certified revenue, billing to fund, advance recovery, retention, and receipt allocation.
• Validate purchase orders, contract values, vendor invoices, and three-way matching against approved project documents, GRNs, and certifications.
• Maintain the project cost ledger for direct, subcontractor, design, and material costs, WIP, accruals, and cost-to-complete analysis.
• Produce project P&L to gross margin, PO utilization, cost and cash forecasts, project dashboards, and exception reporting.
• Assess financial impacts of variations and claims and coordinate with Delivery and Projects teams.

Cash, tax, and compliance

• Review and approve project and corporate payment batches from a finance-control perspective and ensure documentation is complete before authorized release.
• Manage cash-flow forecasting, project-account funding, bank relationships, and reconciliations.
• Compile, review, and submit VAT, WHT, CIT, and Zakat filings and ZATCA e-invoicing obligations; support transfer-pricing and tax-position documentation.
• Maintain the compliance tracker for licenses, statutory registrations, and renewals; support legal and governance documentation with the Group CFO and Legal.

Team and governance

• Lead and develop the KSA finance team across project accounting, corporate/RHQ functions, and finance operations.
• Standardize finance SOPs for project and non-project workflows and enforce them across entities.

Qualifications and required skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of progressive finance experience, including at least 3 years in a Finance Manager or equivalent leadership role.
• Construction, real estate development, or project-driven sector experience, including IPCs, subcontractor payment cycles, retention, advance recovery, and variation orders.
• Hands-on IFRS knowledge with full-cycle closing and statutory reporting ownership.
• Audit discipline and internal-control understanding; external audit background is an advantage.
• Practical KSA legal, tax, and compliance experience, including ZATCA VAT, WHT, Zakat/CIT, e-invoicing, GOSI, and ministry and municipality requirements.
• Currently based in Saudi Arabia or able to relocate to Riyadh; transferable Iqama is preferred.
• Professional working proficiency in English; Arabic is an advantage.
• Advanced ERP experience (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or equivalent) and strong Excel/reporting skills.
• Able to work with project, commercial, and executive stakeholders and hold financial control lines under pressure.
• Professional qualification such as SOCPA, CPA, ACCA, CA, or CMA is strongly preferred.

Preferred experience

• Exposure to investment or development companies rather than pure contracting is preferred.
• Familiarity with off-plan sales and Wafi escrow requirements, asset management, hotel operations, or F&B accounting is preferred.
• RHQ or multi-country group reporting experience and experience with international shareholders and group reporting timelines are preferred.