About the job Finance Manager (UAE National)

One of our clients (a government entity) is looking for a Finance Manager to join their organization in Abu Dhabi.

Job Purpose

Lead a team across the Financial Control section of Shared Services and financial process improvements whilst ensuring the efficient and timely running of the finance operations for the organization.

Key Accountabilities:

• Participate in the design and lead the implementation of the Financial Control Shared Services roadmap to achieve efficiency and effectiveness of core accounting and finance processes and activities.
• Effectively communicate Financial Control Shared Services strategy and roadmap and future operating model across the organization
• Build, manage, develop, and inspire a team of direct and indirect reports in the achievement of business and functional objectives.
• Create and implement a customer service culture, including establishing and reporting on key performance metrics that measure and monitor the effectiveness and service levels of the Financial Control Shared Services organization.
• Develop, implement and maintain a system of effective internal controls within the Financial Shared Services organization and work closely to ensure internal controls over financial reporting are compliant with international standards and best practices.
• Develop and grow strong cross-functional relationships to ensure the achievement of Financial Control Shared Services and business objectives through collaboration, information sharing, and communication.
• Determine, agree and improve contractual requirements, including Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with Financial Control Shared Services customers to meet service specifications and deliver against business objectives.
• Lead month-end close for the Financial Control Shared Services organization
• Recruit, motivate and develop talent in the organization with the focus of building a strong performing team that includes global process owners and local process managers.

Supervision

• Plan, supervise, and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.

Budgets

• Provide input for the preparation of the Section budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• Implement approved Section policies, processes, systems, standards, and procedures to support the execution of the Section\'s work programs in line with Council and International standards.
• Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations.

Performance Management

• Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Section in line with the Council Performance framework.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.

Communications & Working Relationships:

Internal - Daily interaction with internal stakeholders in the shared services team.

External - Interact with external advisors or consultants.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills:

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor\'s degree in accounting, finance, or any other related field.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• 10 years of progressive operational accounting experience, including 5+ years of experience managing and leading a financial shared services environment.
• Demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of financial shared service operations.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Experience in leading process excellence and performance improvement
• Ability to think strategically, manage uncertainty and risk, and balance multiple competing priorities
• Strong customer service orientation with excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical or financial information to a non-technical audience

Professional Certifications

Preferably ACCA/CPA certifications or any other accounting and/or finance-related certifications.

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