You will collaborate with the business and translate strategies into plans and budgets. Provide Business unit management on future business performance management through:

• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Budgeting & Forecast
• Management Reporting
• Performance Monitoring
• Delivery of Finance Business Partnering
• Risk Management

What You’ll Be Doing

Strategic Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drive, manage, execute and deliver Consolidated Management and Statutory financial reports.
• Support Central Functions including Logistics and Loyalty management team on their back-office accounting & financial activities.
• Support and ensure overall financial governance and compliance within Retail operations including financial process, systems, and tax matters.

Functional Roles and Responsibilities:

• Consolidations – Monthly MIS, semi-annual Budgets / Forecasts, semi-annual external audits and preparation of monthly rolling cash forecast.
• Consolidated level analytics of business based on historical data and trends from business verticals.
• Reporting – Prepare and/or coordinate preparation of monthly management financials, statutory audited financials, budgets & forecasts, cash forecasting, and total business level analytics.
• Project participation & project management – be part of, or own, recurring workstreams such as audits, but also support on cross-functional projects in Charts of Accounts revisions, tax, accounting, and finance processes.
• Ensure that all agreed recommendations relating to finance and risk management, systems and processes are actioned appropriately.
• Central Support functions – Finance Business Partnering support for Logistics, Loyalty Program (Amber) and Central costs.
• Allocations – owner of a detailed cost allocation model which splits central costs across all business verticals and legal entities. The Finance Manager will own the methodology and implementation.
• Support the Finance Associate Director with overall Financial Control and Oversight across the Retail entities.
• Support the Finance Associate Director with financial system ownership and systems controls.
• Oversee Tax and other Compliance matters (day-to-day operations handled by dedicated team).
• Joint Venture accounting, including investment values, share in profits, impairment assessments, managing limited scope audits.

People Management Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 2-3 finance professionals and reports to the Finance Associate Director. The role will be accountable for consolidation of all legal and operating entities across various business verticals across GCC countries.
• Identify and assess training needs of team members to improve team efficiency.
• Guide, develop inspire and motivate direct reports to enhance performance and quality of work.
• Ensure team compliance with Group standards, procedures, and practices.