Head of Finance

Duties and responsibilities:

• Drive the company Finance Strategy and provide leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team.
• Have full P&L accountability and creation and development and oversight of a best-in-class finance function
• Have full accountability for the group audit
• Coordinate the development of the annual operating, capital, and program budgets, and reporting.
• Provide strategic recommendations to the partners/executive management team.
• Manage and Direct the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and oversee the preparation of all financial reporting.
• Lead the development and use of best-practice policies, practices, and tools that ensure a well-controlled yet flexible organization with strong fiscal management, project management, cross-team communications, and workflow
• Promote a culture of accountability, communication, and operating as one global finance function.
• Ensure compliance with all government local financial requirements
• Lead senior financial team to efficiently develop proposal budgets and reporting
• Perform risk management through analysis of company liabilities and investments, and evaluate and manage capital structure and fundraising initiatives.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors or masters degree in accounting or other finance-related studies, business administration or economics
• ACCA, CIMA, Chartered Financial Analyst OR CA(SA)
• MBA, Marine and/or Yachting, UHNWI services background advantageous
• Experience working with high growth medium-sized successful global organisations
• Financial Management experience essential
• Multi-territory  experience
• Extensive experience in Hospitality and Tourism sector
• Leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity
• Extensive international experience, including the setting up of new legal entities
• Willing to relocate to the middle east

Language Requirements:

Candidate must speak one of the following native languages as well as be fluent in the English Language:

• Arabic
• German
• French
• Dutch
• Italian
• Dutch
• Spanish
• Romansh
• Portuguese
• Swedish
• Finnish
• Norwegian
• Indonesian
• Filipino
• Mandarin Chinese or Malay or Tamil