Financial Director

Overview

Key Responsibilities1. Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and execute Group-wide financial strategies supporting global growth, profitability, and capital expansion—managed remotely across all business units.
• Advise the CEO and Board through virtual reporting dashboards, executive reviews, and structured financial governance frameworks.
• Lead multi-entity consolidation and long-term planning for UAE, Qatar, KSA, Kuwait, Jordan, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, USA, Canada, and BVI.
• Ensure financial controls and reporting standards are embedded remotely across all profit centers and international locations.

2. ERP, Digital Finance & AI Automation

• Oversee remote deployment, integration, and governance of the Group ERP ecosystem (Finance, Projects, Procurement, HR, Inventory).
• Drive AI-enabled automation for forecasting, cash-flow intelligence, scenario modelling, and cost-reduction analytics.
• Build remote BI dashboards (Power BI, Zoho, Tableau, etc.) to provide real-time P&L visibility by entity, geography, project, and business line.
• Define workflows, approval matrices, and role-based access controls for cloud-based ERP operation.
• Lead virtual training programs to achieve full ERP and AI adoption across all companies.

3. Financial Management & Reporting

• Oversee remote accounting operations, consolidated reporting packs, and budget governance across all countries.
• Ensure full compliance with IFRS, VAT, UAE Corporate Tax, and cross-border tax obligations.
• Present monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reviews to senior management via remote dashboards and board presentations.
• Implement digital cost-centre and project profitability tracking across all business units.

4. Treasury, Banking & Funding

• Manage remote relationships with UAE, regional, and international banks (e.g., EDB, ADCB, RBC, etc.).
• Oversee multi-currency cash flow, debt structuring, FX exposure, and liquidity planning.
• Deploy AI-based treasury tools for real-time cash forecasting and predictive risk assessment.
• Lead financial modelling for land development, factory expansion, and capex-heavy projects.

5. Audit, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure tax, legal, and audit compliance across all jurisdictions remotely through digital controls, cloud-based audit trails, and ERP authority matrices.
• Maintain updated knowledge of UAE, GCC, US, Canada, and BVI taxation frameworks.
• Establish remote-enabled audit processes using ERP data flows and AI-driven anomaly detection.
• Own the Group Finance Policy Manual and ensure digital implementation across all entities.
• Coordinate with external auditors, advisors, and legal teams through remote cycles.

6. Leadership & Remote Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop distributed finance teams across multiple time zones.
• Build technical capability in ERP finance, tax, BI tools, cost control, and automation.
• Drive high-performance culture using KPI dashboards, accountability scorecards, and structured virtual review systems.

• Strategic Financial Planning & Leadership

• Remote ERP Administration (Odoo / Oracle / SAP / Zoho / Tally)
• IFRS, VAT & UAE Corporate Tax Compliance

• AI-Driven Finance Automation & Predictive Analytics

• Financial BI Tools: Power BI, Zoho Analytics, Tableau

• CA, CPA, ACCA, CMA (mandatory)

• 15+ years in senior finance roles, including
• minimum 8–10 years in UAE, GCC
• and remote/multi-country finance management
• Proven experience managing ERP-driven, multi-entity financial environments
• Strong background in construction, manufacturing, and trading finance
• Demonstrated success in implementing AI, BI, and automation in finance
• Advanced Excel + Power BI + ERP expertise
• Excellent English communication; Arabic is an advantage ,