Consumer Goods & FMCGRetail & E-CommerceFull time
12 Nov
Head of Finance – Audio & Video Trading and Distribution
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
25000 AED + Standard UAE benefits (medical + Visa + air ticket)
Full time
Head of Finance (Audio & Video Trading and Distribution) – Dubai, UAE
About the Company
A well-established UAE-based trading and distribution group with a strong presence across professional audio equipment, public address systems, musical instruments, retail, wholesale distribution, and technical projects. The business operates through multiple legal entities and has a growing, professionally managed team.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Head of Finance to lead the group’s finance function and act as a trusted business partner to the CEO, MD, and senior leadership team.
The role will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong cash-flow management, robust controls, statutory compliance, margin protection, budgeting, FP&A, MIS, and continuous improvement of finance processes and systems.
The successful candidate should be a hands-on finance leader who can manage day-to-day finance operations while also providing commercial insights and supporting strategic business decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and oversee the finance function across multiple legal entities.
Prepare and review consolidated monthly P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow reports with detailed variance analysis and commentary.
Manage the month-end and year-end closing process, including inventory reconciliation, accruals, depreciation, intercompany reconciliations and financial statement preparation.
Monitor Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and inventory, including debtor ageing, credit control, stock ageing and valuation.
Manage daily cash positions, rolling cash-flow forecasts, payment approvals and banking activities.
Maintain strong relationships with banks, auditors, tax advisors and other external stakeholders.
Ensure timely and accurate UAE VAT and Corporate Tax compliance across all relevant entities.
Manage statutory audits, including auditor coordination, schedules, reconciliations and resolution of audit queries.
Lead the annual budgeting process covering revenue, manpower, OPEX and CAPEX, with quarterly reviews and monthly budget-versus-actual analysis.
Own the FP&A cycle, including rolling forecasts, scenario modelling, financial analysis and business planning.
Develop and enhance MIS and management dashboards, improving visibility of revenue, margins, costs, working capital and business performance.
Own margin reporting and bottom-line performance, including GP analysis, EBITDA, OPEX variance and overhead absorption.
Identify and drive cost-saving and efficiency initiatives across the business.
Partner closely with Sales, Operations, Procurement and other functions to improve profitability and working-capital efficiency.
Provide financial modelling, feasibility analysis, scenario planning and unit economics to support strategic decisions.
Review commercial contracts and agreements from a financial and risk perspective when required.
Establish, review and maintain finance SOPs, internal controls, banking authorities and approval matrices.
Lead finance process improvement and identify opportunities for automation and digitisation.
Work with IT or external technology partners to define requirements and implement finance-related system enhancements.
Lead, mentor and develop the finance team while maintaining a strong culture of accountability and performance.
Present financial performance, insights and recommendations to the CEO, MD and senior management.
Key Requirements
Qualified Accountant – CA (Mandatory), ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CMA, CPA or equivalent.
Previous experience as a Head of Finance, Finance Controller, Financial Controller, Senior Finance Manager or equivalent.
Strong hands-on experience in UAE VAT and Corporate Tax, including filings and compliance.
Proven experience managing statutory audits and external auditors.
Experience within trading, distribution, retail or services environments in the UAE.
Strong experience in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, FP&A and cash-flow management.
Experience managing multi-entity or multi-branch finance operations is highly desirable.
Strong understanding of inventory, working capital, AR/AP and margin management.
Demonstrated experience in finance process improvement, ERP implementation or automation.
Strong ERP and financial systems exposure; experience with ERP enhancement or migration projects is an advantage.
Excellent analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
Comfortable working in a hands-on, owner-led SME environment.
High level of integrity, discretion and accountability.
Key Competencies
Financial leadership and ownership
Hands-on accounting and controllership
FP&A and commercial finance
Business partnering
Cash-flow and working-capital management
Cost optimisation and margin protection
UAE tax and regulatory compliance
Internal controls and risk management
Process improvement and automation
ERP and MIS transformation
Strategic financial analysis
Team leadership and development
Strong communication and stakeholder management