Finance Director Gulf MSD

The primary responsibilities of the role are as follows:

• Ensure the company's financial matters are managed effectively and efficiently and in compliance with accounting principles and government regulations
• Ensure compliance, strong internal control environment and focus on working capital management
• Actively partner with business leaders to develop business strategy, identify business opportunities & prioritize investment and resources to deliver profitable growth
• Strategic input in business development deals and collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders
• Partner with cross functional team to support preparations and planning for new products
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to drive demand planning, order management and supply into the market
• Drive innovation and productivity mindset in finance team, seeking to leverage digital, data and AI tools to drive insights and create business value
• Ensure efficient collaboration and process alignment with regional & shared service teams
• Active member of GLE Leadership Team and ensure a strong presence of finance within the GLE organization
• Lead and develop the GLE Finance team and be active member of the EEMEA Finance Leadership Team

Qualifications:

• Relevant university degree and other financial qualifications
• Finance professional experience of minimum 10 years
• Experienced in leading financial teams
• Fluent English

Skills/Capabilities:

• Strong compliance mind-set and experience
• Business & financial acumen and strategic thinking / enterprise mindset
• Interpersonal, leadership and communication skills to guide and collaborate with business partners (internally and externally)
• Capability to influence and drive decisions with local, regional & global stakeholders
• Proactive and self-driven
• Capacity to solve complex situations
• Talent development capabilities to support growth of finance team