Job description

Healthcare Finance Experience is Essential

HealthHub, part of Al-Futtaim Health, is seeking an experienced Head of Healthcare Finance to lead the financial performance, strategic planning, and commercial finance activities of our growing healthcare business.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this senior leadership role will partner closely with operational and clinical leaders to drive performance across our network of community-based outpatient clinics, healthcare services, diagnostic operations, and future hospital expansion initiatives.

Applicants without significant healthcare finance experience will not be considered.

We are specifically seeking candidates who have held senior finance leadership positions within hospitals, healthcare groups, clinic networks, medical centres, day surgery facilities, or other healthcare providers.

About the Role

This is not a traditional accounting or reporting role.

We are looking for a commercially focused healthcare finance leader who understands the operational realities of delivering healthcare services and can translate financial information into meaningful business decisions.

The successful candidate will have experience supporting multi-site healthcare operations and working directly with executives, physicians, operational leaders, and corporate stakeholders.

You will play a key role in shaping financial strategy, supporting healthcare growth initiatives, improving operational performance, and ensuring strong financial governance across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Healthcare Financial Performance

Drive financial performance across clinics and healthcare business units

Partner with operational leaders to improve profitability and operational efficiency

Monitor physician productivity, revenue trends, patient volumes, service line performance, and payer mix

Identify opportunities to improve financial and operational outcomes

Support business growth and healthcare service development initiatives

Financial Planning & Strategy

Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes

Develop financial models and strategic business cases

Support new clinic developments, healthcare expansion projects, and future hospital initiatives

Deliver meaningful financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership

Evaluate investment opportunities and strategic growth initiatives

Governance & Controls

Ensure robust financial controls, compliance, governance, and audit readiness

Oversee monthly management reporting and financial performance reviews

Manage statutory requirements and external audit relationships

Support risk management and business continuity initiatives

Leadership

Lead and develop a high-performing finance team

Foster a culture of accountability, partnership, and continuous improvement

Act as a trusted advisor to executive and operational leadership teams

Skills

Essential Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline

Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or CFA

Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience

Minimum 5 years in a senior finance leadership position

Extensive Healthcare Finance Experience Within:

Hospitals

Healthcare Groups

Medical Centres

Clinic Networks

Day Surgery Centres

Multi-site Healthcare Operations

Demonstrated Experience In:

Healthcare Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Healthcare business partnering

Healthcare operations finance

Physician productivity analysis

Revenue cycle and healthcare KPIs

Payer mix analysis

Multi-site healthcare performance management

Business case development and healthcare investments

Candidates Unlikely to Be Suitable

This position is not intended for candidates whose experience is primarily within:

Banking

Manufacturing

FMCG

Retail

Construction

Audit-only environments

Corporate FP&A without healthcare operations exposure

Applicants must be able to demonstrate direct experience supporting healthcare delivery businesses.

What's on Offer

Senior leadership role reporting directly to the Managing Director

Significant influence over financial and operational strategy

Exposure to healthcare expansion and future hospital development projects

Opportunity to work alongside experienced clinical and operational leaders

Competitive executive compensation and benefits package

Long-term career growth within one of the UAE's most respected healthcare organizations