Finance Manager (FP&A)

Purpose

Own management reporting,

financial planning, and day-to-day accounting operations for a growing

UAE-based food commodity trading and processing business with international

supply chains (US, Türkiye, GCC). The role supervises the bookkeeping team,

produces the monthly MIS, owns the consolidated cash flow forecast, and

prepares lender-grade reporting — working alongside a separate Treasury &

Banking function that executes facility operations.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Operations &

Bookkeeping

• Supervise the bookkeeping team:

daily transaction recording, AP/AR, inventory accounting, and intercompany

entries

• Run the month-end close process to

the Controller's calendar; the Controller retains final sign-off on the close,

reconciliations, and accounting judgments

• Maintain clean, audit-ready books

across trading, processing, and in-transit inventory positions

MIS & Management

Reporting

• Produce the monthly MIS pack:

P&L, balance sheet, working capital bridge, margin analysis by product and

origin, and KPI dashboard

• Develop landed cost and gross

margin models covering multi-origin sourcing and third-party processing

arrangements

• Own the consolidated bank

reporting pack as the single source of numbers presented to lenders,

incorporating facility data supplied by Treasury

Cash Flow Forecasting

• Build and maintain the rolling

13-week cash flow forecast, reconciled weekly to actuals

• Integrate facility positions,

maturities, and utilization data provided by the Treasury & Banking

function on a fixed weekly cycle

• Report the cash conversion cycle

across procurement, in-transit, processing, and receivables stages

Planning & Analysis

• Lead the annual budget and

quarterly reforecasts

• Model scenarios for supply,

pricing, and FX exposure in commodity procurement

• Support capex evaluation and

financing analysis for expansion projects

• Define and maintain finance team

requirements per geography (UAE, Türkiye, US) — sizing, phasing, and gaps —

reviewed quarterly with the Controller and CFO

Scope Boundaries

• Facility execution — drawdowns,

trust receipt settlements, LC issuance, and bank negotiations — sits with the

Treasury & Banking function, not this role

• Final close sign-off, accounting

policy, and the audit relationship remain with the Financial Controller

Requirements

• 7–10 years in finance, including

experience managing a small accounting team through month-end close

• Background in a commodity trading,

food/agri, or import-distribution business strongly preferred

• Working familiarity with trade

finance instruments (trust receipts, LCs, invoice financing) sufficient to

report on them accurately — execution experience not required

• Proven experience producing

management and bank reporting packs

• Strong Excel-based financial

modeling; hands-on ERP experience (any major system)

• Qualified or part-qualified

accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)

• UAE experience strongly preferred;

comfort operating in a family-owned business environment

• Fluent English; Turkish or Farsi a

plus given supply chain geography

What This Role Is Not

This is not a reporting-only or

analyst position, nor a treasury role. The successful candidate combines

hands-on accounting supervision with analytical ownership of the numbers the

business presents internally and to its banks.

Requirements