Finance Director – Dubai, UAE

Serve as a strategic business partner to the CEO and PE sponsors — driving financial strategy, commercial performance, and exit readinessGroup financial reporting (IFRS) and statutory complianceAct as a genuine business partner to the CEO — translating financial insight into commercial strategy and decisionsFP&A — budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, and management reportingTreasury, tax, and cash flow management across multiple jurisdictionsM&A — due diligence, financial modelling, and deal structuringFranchise and partner financial managementWork collaboratively with Executive Leadership teamOwn the group’s financial strategy, annual budgeting, long-range forecasting processes, and treasury managementLead Board-level financial communications and investor reportingOversee financial reporting, controls, compliance, and governance across all group entities and jurisdictionsManage external relationships with Investors, bankers, Lenders, Auditors and InsurersLead exit preparation — ensuring the business is sale-ready from a financial, governance, and reporting perspectiveProvide financial leadership for franchise operationsESG reporting and non-financial disclosuresDrive cost optimisation, margin improvement, and working capital optimisation across the groupLead finance transformation — modernising systems, processes, and operating models to support growthManage M&A activity, due diligence processes, and any refinancing or capital structure workBuild, mentor, and develop a high-performing global finance team based across Dubai and the UK Proven Finance Director in consumer, retail, or beauty / FMCG businessPE-backed environment — investor reporting, value creation, and exit processesTrack record as a CEO/Leadership business partner — influencing commercial strategyStrong P&L ownership in a complex, multi-market, multi-entity businessFinance transformation — systems, processes, team capability, and operating modelUAE-based or proven Middle East experience, or clear willingness to relocate to DubaiFranchise / partner-led business model experience (desirable)M&A, business sale, or exit process experience (desirable)