Job Description

We're looking for a commercially-minded Senior Finance Business Partner to lead project financial management and business partnering across the GCC operations. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working closely with Operations and Client Services, owning project financial governance end to end, and turning numbers into insight that shapes decisions.

You'll partner with business leaders on budgets, forecasts and commercial planning, own the financial governance of projects from initiation through completion, and play a key role in the regional three-year business plan. You'll also support month-end close, commercial reporting and audit processes, while continuously improving how the finance function operates.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business leaders on budgets, rolling forecasts and commercial planning, developing revenue, margin and profitability assumptions.
• Own project financial governance throughout the project lifecycle, including post-project financial audits, timely closure, billing and revenue recognition inputs.
• Monitor project revenue, gross margin and profitability, preparing recognition inputs ahead of Financial Control review.
• Act as the primary finance business partner for Operations and Client Services.
• Drive timely client invoicing, coordinate collections activity, and manage project-related supplier payments and vendor onboarding.
• Prepare operational finance schedules and commercial performance reporting to support month-end close.
• Support internal and external audits and drive continuous improvement in project finance processes and controls.

Requirements:

• Strong commercial finance / business partnering experience, from a project-based business
• Solid understanding of revenue recognition, project profitability and financial governance.
• Confident communicator who can challenge and influence non-finance stakeholders.
• Comfortable owning workstreams end to end and working across a matrixed regional finance function.
• French and/or Arabic language skills are a strong advantage.
• We welcome applications from women as we look to build a more diverse team.

Thank you for your application.  Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Please note that by applying to this role, your profile will be searchable in our database.  Our Recruiters will contact you should another suitable role become available.