Head- Finance Operations & Budget
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Lead financial planning, oversee transactional finance, ensure compliance, and drive automation while building a high-performing finance team in the banking sector.
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We are currently working with a fast growing Financial Institution that is looking for a seasoned finance leader to take ownership of their budgeting and finance operations function a broad, high-impact role sitting directly beneath the CFO and touching virtually every part of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the institution's annual financial planning cycle end-to-end, setting key budget drivers, stress-testing assumptions, and keeping leadership ahead of performance trends through regular forecasting and variance commentary
- Serve as the central engine for internal management information delivering granular performance insight at product, customer, and entity level to support ALCO, pricing decisions, and strategic planning
- Oversee the full spectrum of transactional finance from invoice processing and supplier settlements to period-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and regulatory payments to government bodies
- Act as the subject matter expert on SAMA and ZATCA compliance, ensuring all finance operations are structured and documented to meet regulatory expectations
- Take ownership of the ERP environment, leading system enhancements, module rollouts, and the broader push toward a more automated and analytics-driven finance function
- Work closely with business and product teams to pressure-test new initiatives financially, evaluate operating models, and translate strategy into measurable financial outcomes
- Build and develop a high-performing team, shifting the function's culture from transactional processing toward genuine financial partnership
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