Financial Controller - DUBAI, UAE

at  Segula Technologies

Company Description
Do you want to shape the world of tomorrow and work on innovative projects? Then you’re a good fit for us! We are a global engineering group with 15,000 employees and 140 locations worldwide. With our services, we are driving the topics of energy efficiency, climate protection and decarbonization and developing tech industries into new dimensions.
The world of SEGULA Technologies Experts revolves around industries such as automotive, software, energy and life sciences. As an independent player, we support OEMs and suppliers with personal engineering services. Take advantage of new opportunities and take on exciting tasks and attractive positions with direct customer assignment.
Job Description

Your main responsibilities are:

• To build a strong communication structure within the UAE, collating relevant information impacting profitability and ensuring awareness by key stakeholders of financial performance
• To ensure financial reporting is accurate and deliverables are submitted within set deadlines
• To provide sound financial / non-financial performance analysis and commentary
• To help drive the financial forecasting and budget exercise and ensure a high level of accuracy
• To actively participate in month end closing to ensure correct revenue and cost allocation by UAE entities and (when required) proposing appropriate accruals
• To assist UAE businesses with HQ level reporting into client consolidation platform to ensure timely reporting
• To actively participate in cost control projects and propose actions to ensure containment of general overheads, and ensure appropriate communication across all the departments of the organization
• Support other areas of the business in analyzing results and collating information for decision making including involvement in ad-hoc projects. This includes developing reporting tools and dashboards where appropriate

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIESBUSINESS PLAN, BUDGETING AND FORECASTING

• Coordination of budget and forecasts reporting budget submission (yearly and monthly); two Forecasts per year (forecast) + one Long-Term Plan
• Develop and maintain a budget and forecasting model which can be utilized by all UAE business’ and is compatible with financial reporting software/ERP
• Coordinate collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of information
• Maintain a detailed working knowledge of the UAE consolidated budget and KPI’s

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Good knowledge and practice of accounting and financial techniques (IFRS standards and local accounting and tax rules),
• Strong ability to solve complex accounting and tax issues and challenges and with other finance functions or operational departments,
• Good knowledge of accounting and financial processes for both internal control and procedural efficiency,
• Good knowledge of accounting and financial information systems,
• Ability to organize and plan the process of periodic account closings and meet accounting and tax deadlines

Your main responsibilities are:

• To build a strong communication structure within the UAE, collating relevant information impacting profitability and ensuring awareness by key stakeholders of financial performance
• To ensure financial reporting is accurate and deliverables are submitted within set deadlines
• To provide sound financial / non-financial performance analysis and commentary
• To help drive the financial forecasting and budget exercise and ensure a high level of accuracy
• To actively participate in month end closing to ensure correct revenue and cost allocation by UAE entities and (when required) proposing appropriate accruals
• To assist UAE businesses with HQ level reporting into client consolidation platform to ensure timely reporting
• To actively participate in cost control projects and propose actions to ensure containment of general overheads, and ensure appropriate communication across all the departments of the organization
• Support other areas of the business in analyzing results and collating information for decision making including involvement in ad-hoc projects. This includes developing reporting tools and dashboards where appropriat