Finance Director

Finance Director

Ref: JO-2204-110101 | £8201.76 - £10932.95 per month + Additional Benefits | Location:Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Added:29/04/22

Quest Search & Selection are delighted to partner with this Saudi-based group of companies that are involved in Retail, Food & Beverage and Real Estate. This role is with one of their global retail brands focusing on non-food retail, electrical, entertainment and technology.

This role of a Finance Director is to provide leadership to the company’s Finance and Accounting strategy & contribute fully to the development of the finance team.

The roles and responsibilities of this Finance Director role –

• Overall P&L and operational responsibility for systems and procedures to ensure the efficient and effective management of the company’s finances, including the financial control framework.
• Managing a team of 10 – 15 people within Management / Financial Accounts, Accounts Payable, Audit and FP & A team with a team of approx.
• Review the reconciliations of payments, verification, bank statements, and transfers.
• Managing cash flow through the different business units
• Maintain monthly and annual budgets and performance against targets.
• Ensure compliance with Group internal controls and financial policies, and local reporting and tax regulation
• Coordinate and complete annual audits and tax filling in a timely manner.
• Manage banking relationships, cash management solutions.
• Lead and develop the local finance team.
• Ultimate accountability for external auditing and banking relationships.
• Understanding of the Saudi laws HMRC legal, laws
• You will also be involved in the corporate finance regarding capital requirements, debt, taxation, equity, disposals and acquisitions.

To be successful in this Finance Director-

• Has operated as a Finance Director/Head of Finance/CFOP in a similar size business.
• Must have experience in multiple P&L/BU
• Exceptional stakeholder relationships
• Ideally have come from a Retail, FMCG, Leisure or Hospitality background
• Business is wanting to go through an IPO so is beneficial but not essential if you have experience of this
• Fluent Arabic & English
• Has at least 15 years experience +
• Can still be hands-on in proposing action plans to ensure that annual financial objectives are attained
• Professional accounting background or Bachelors/MBA Degree

The benefits of this Finance Director role –

• Working for a global brand and business
• Tax free salary
• 30 days holiday
• Visa for yourself & spouse
• Private healthcare/insurance
• Flights for yourself and family

If this role sounds like you then please send your cv today, quoting the reference JO-2204-110101.

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.