​Moving in to the new year, Charterhouse will be supporting a local group, to identity and recruit a Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO).

About this Role

Working at a holding level, the GCFO shall oversee operational finance and consolidation whilst developing and contributing towards both financial strategy and a commercial business support across all the group entity and business units. With a reporting line to the Vice-Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, the GCFO shall oversee a team of Finance Directors, at a company-level, to manage forward both controllership and governance along with strong reporting for both forecasting and planning purposes.

This GCFO shall be heavily involved within the financing aspects across the group and the management of all banking relationships, to meet both liquidity and any funding requirements, across the group of entities. In conjunction, this GCFO role shall be geared towards areas of corporate finance, any investment plans (M&A or JV focused) whilst also overseeing ongoing CAPEX and OPEX for growth and expansion.

About You

The client will look to recruit an experienced and senior finance professional, whom has solid exposure, to working within a local and/or family office environment within the UAE. A critical part of this search will be to manage key relationships, both internally and externally to the group; whereby all senior stakeholders, business partners and any regulators are managed within both the group policy and international best practice.

The successful candidate will possess a professional accountancy qualification and exposure to audit and control-related job roles, shall be seen as a distinct advantage, in complementing exposure within the UAE private sector. Applicants shall also be required to demonstrate a capability across areas of leadership and succession planning, along with a focus towards detailed financial analysis and applied skills across Excel-based reporting tools. The client will also look towards a profile of candidate, whom is able to acknowledge and navigate the nuance of the UAE market, along with supporting the dynamics of any international partnerships and/or financing agreements.