Finance Manager

Company Description SPC Free Zone is a specialized business hub in the UAE designed to help companies launch, scale, and operate efficiently under one roof. It offers fast-track services, enabling business licenses, residency visas, and bank accounts to be set up within days. With a flexible pay-as-you-go model, SPC Free Zone supports organizations at different growth stages and budgets. The zone accommodates over 2,000 licensed activities, giving businesses the freedom to choose the structure and focus that suit their goals. It also provides an environment to build and expand teams, including options for multiple visas and investor-friendly frameworks.Role Description Oversee and manage the finance function ensuring accurate financial reporting, effective budgeting and forecasting, strong cash-flow control, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The role supports management with timely financial insights, financial planning and commercial guidance to enable sound decision-making, operational efficiency and achievement of the entity’s business objectives. Qualifications1) Finance Support

• Work closely with the management team on financial, commercial, operational and compliance matters.
• Provide timely financial information, analysis and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Review financial data, reports and documents to ensure accuracy, completeness and readiness for management review.
• Follow up with internal teams on agreed financial actions, deadlines and deliverables.
• Attend management, operational and stakeholder meetings when required to provide finance input.
• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding financial, commercial and entity-level business matters.2) Financial Planning and Performance
• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term business-planning processes.
• Review the financial performance of the entity against budgets, forecasts and strategic targets.
• Identify performance gaps, underlying causes, risks and corrective actions.
• Develop scenario analysis, financial models and sensitivity assessments for major decisions.
• Provide independent financial challenges to business leaders rather than simply reporting submitted figures.3) Management Reporting and Board Support
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly management accounts, consolidated reporting and executive dashboards.
• Prepare and review board presentations, performance reports and decision papers.
• Translate complex financial information into clear commercial recommendations.
• Monitor key financial, operational and commercial performance indicators.
• Improve the quality, consistency and timeliness of reporting.4) Cash Flow, Treasury and Working Capital
• Oversee entity cash-flow forecasting, liquidity planning and working-capital management.
• Monitor collections, payments, banking arrangements, funding requirements and cash utilization.
• Challenge unnecessary expenditure and ensure capital is allocated according to business priorities.
• Support banking, investment, financing and shareholder-funding decisions.
• Maintain sufficient liquidity while supporting growth and shareholder-return objectives.5) Governance, Risk and Internal Controls
• Strengthen financial governance, delegation-of-authority controls and approval processes.
• Ensure transactions are supported by valid commercial rationale and appropriate documentation.
• Challenge decisions that may have been approved but do not meet governance, financial or business requirements.
• Identify financial, operational, regulatory and reputational risks.
• Ensure agreed policies are consistently applied in the entity.6) Accounting, Audit and Compliance
• Oversee the quality and integrity of accounting records and financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, UAE Corporate Tax, VAT, transfer-pricing and other applicable requirements.
• Coordinate external audits, tax filings and responses to regulatory or auditor queries.
• Monitor related-party transactions and ensure proper documentation and arm’s-length treatment.
• Ensure audit findings and control weaknesses are resolved within agreed timelines.7) Commercial and Strategic Finance
• Review contracts and commercial proposals from a financial and risk perspective.
• Partner with operational, sales and functional leaders to improve revenue quality, margins and return on investment.
• Support restructuring, cost optimization and business-transformation initiatives.8) Systems, Automation and Transformation
• Lead improvements to ERP systems, reporting tools, financial processes and data quality.
• Promote automation, AI-enabled analysis and efficient digital workflows.
• Reduce manual reporting and develop scalable processes.
• Ensure technology improves control, visibility and decision-making rather than merely accelerating existing processes.9) Finance Team Leadership
• Coordinate and develop finance teams within the entity.
• Establish clear responsibilities, deadlines and performance standards.
• Mentor team members and build a strong pipeline of future finance leaders.
• Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, integrity and continuous improvement.Technical competences
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, consolidation and management reporting.
• Advanced budgeting, forecasting, financial-modelling and scenario-analysis skills.
• Strong understanding of cash flow, working capital, profitability and investment appraisal.
• Advanced Excel capability and experience with ERP and business-intelligence tools.
• Ability to use automation and AI responsibly while maintaining professional judgement and financial-control standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including board-level presentation skills.Educational competences
• Chartered professional qualifications such as CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or CMA is mandatory.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or a related discipline.
• MBA, MSc in Finance or Accounting, or another relevant postgraduate qualification would be advantageous.