HEAD OF FINANCE

A leading Global Insurance Company is looking for a qualified and experienced Senior Finance Professional to head up their finance operations in Dubai.

Regulatory & Management Reporting

• Ensuring all forms of financial and regulatory reporting are timely and accurate
• Establish and implement the regulations on and procedures of financial management, cost management, budget management, accounting, accounting supervision and audit;
• Supervise the implementation of above-mentioned regulations and procedures;
• Represent the Company to the regulator regarding all financial matters when required;
• Managing capital to meet regulatory requirements, dividend commitments and investment requirements; optimizing deployment of and returns on capital within those constraints;
• Overseeing the investment management activities of the company;
• Embedding the use of key performance metrics within the organization to drive actions and improve performance;
• Delivering well-supported budgets, plans and forecasts in line with the Company’s timelines, along with regular progress updates and action recommendations as appropriate

Business Partnership & Leadership

• Engage with executive management as a strategic partner, influencing the future direction of the company and aligning business and finance strategy to achieve profitable and sustainable growth.
• Instill a financial approach and mind set throughout the organization as a catalyst to help other parts of the business perform better.
• Designing and implementing change to organizational design, processes and systems to meet current and future reporting obligations;
• Improving efficiency whilst maintaining control standards consistent with the Company’s policies and regulatory requirements;
• Leading in a global, highly matrixed organization going through significant change

Team Management & Development

• Leading, mentoring and professionally developing people, making best and highest use of talent including exporting to benefit the wider Group, managing succession plans, fostering a culture of collaboration and promoting and delivering the benefits of working collaboratively to deliver the Company’s strategic objectives
• Aligning activity of Finance in country with Group;

• Fully qualified professional accountancy qualification with minimum of 10 Years Post Qualified Experience;
• Industry relevant experience
• Proven experience in people management with experience of managing remote teams an advantage;
• Ability to develop strong key stakeholder relationships with demonstrable influencing and presentation skills;
• Strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills;
• Ability to manage multi-function, multi-location cross border teams; flexible and adaptable;
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to interact with stakeholders and effectively including at Executive level;
• Highly Proficient in use of Excel and PowerPoint;
• Strong System Skills;
• Strong analytical abilities with ability to analyze drivers and trends, and actively challenge components with key stakeholders across the organization;
• Excellent problem solving abilities;
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple people and projects; excellent time management and organization skills

Salary commensurate based on Candidates’ experience

An excellent bonus scheme and other benefits