Director of Finance And Accounting

1 week ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jobot Full time

Job Details

Job Responsibilities

  • Drive insightful, data-driven analyses to yield key insights and make recommendations
  • Partner with business unit leadership to establish reasonable financial targets and ensure accountability towards achievement of those financial targets
  • Deliver timely, accurate and effective analyses and reporting of financial and operational performance metrics to management for decision making purposes
  • Prepare monthly reporting packages for presentation to senior leadership to drive continual improvement in the monthly close process and budget and forecasting processes
  • Actively participate in senior leadership meetings, preparing and presenting relevant documents, reports and plans in a timely manner
  • Assist senior leadership in financial models and analysis to support strategic partnerships and initiatives
  • Develop and implement plans/projects to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness within areas of oversight
  • Establish and monitor performance metrics to ensure that transactions are processed accurately and efficiently, and reporting meets stakeholder needs
  • Work on a variety of company wide initiatives on the company's current and future profitability
  • Responsible for day-to-day management, strategic leadership and routine problem solving
  • Evaluate capital expenditures in order to support cash management
  • Provide robust ROI computations for proposed projects to allow us to make informed investment decisions
  • Direct management of Accounting and Finance team, including the Assistant Director of Finance
  • Direct management of in-house bookkeeper and financial processes
  • Understand overall company balance sheet, profit and loss reporting and operating expenses
  • Present monthly financial reports that provide short- and long-range financial reporting
  • Documentation, contribution and maintenance of the Finance Department Operations Manual
  • Liaison with the Operations team for pricing, accounts payable and trip operating budgets
  • Support company vision
  • Help develop and execute short-term and long-term plans
  • Develop and articulate our brand strategy to support the vision
  • Hiring and development of staff and succession planning
  • Communicate goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff
  • Develop leaders through mentoring and coaching of direct reports
  • Inspire, lead, mentor, measure and appraise the finance team to ensure stellar capabilities at all levels as well as driving a culture of financial accuracy and accountability
  • High integrity, including maintenance of confidential information
  • Design and implement business growth strategies and operational efficiencies
  • Must be able to exercise good judgment and positively influence others in a team environment, including handling confrontations with poise and efficiency
  • Reinforce and champion our distinct corporate culture

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting.
  • 6+ years of relevant experience in Accounting or Financial Analysis
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong project management skills and an ability to function independently and effectively in a self-directed environment
  • Strong financial background, with full understanding and experience with financial models and analyses
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, a strong work ethic and demonstrated teamwork skills.
  • Ambitious, intellectually curious, self-starter
  • Strong Excel skills required
  • Experience with QuickBooks Online
  • Capable of performing detailed financial analyses including financial modeling, profitability analysis, monitoring business issues and impact to bottom line

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