Finance Director – Middle East

Finance Director – Middle East

K  is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, K  creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future.

K  employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries.

The Finance Director – Middle East is responsible for the financial operations, forecasting and reporting of the Middle East region. The focus is partnering closely with the Vice President Middle East to provide valuable insight into decision-making as the portfolio of engineering projects expands across a broad geographical footprint.

K  is seeking an individual who ideally has experience of working with a projects‑based business, familiarity with US GAAP, and experience implementing change to improve end‑to‑end cycle times.

This individual will work cross‑functionally to challenge, understand and provide foresight of risks and opportunities to project performance. A deep understanding of project billing and accounting processes will be developed as well as system structures and inter‑dependencies. Through this understanding they provide valuable business insight around delivered and forecast performance. The right individual will have the ability to set‑up Joint Ventures and work with local partners.

• Experience working within the day‑to‑day financial operations of an organisation, including technical, practical and leadership experience.
• Ability to build‑out appropriate supporting team structures.
• Excellent engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to gain the confidence and trust of the senior management team and the clients with whom we work.
• Flourishes in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• High level of curiosity with a desire to drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent commercial acumen.
• Highly organised and drives projects to completion.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of planning and ERP systems and data.
• Embraces technology‑led solutions.
• Ability to extract relevant data and interpret it for analysis and communicate it succinctly.

• Support operational monitoring and improvements including the management of working capital of the business units through an excellent understanding of the order‑to‑cash process, and the management of utilisation of staff.
• Installs and maintains sound technical accounting practices, including proactive identification, evaluation, escalation, and conclusion/documentation of complex and/or judgemental areas in compliance with US GAAP.
• Successful development, enhancement, and maintenance of all internal controls. Drive compliance and governance in day‑to‑day activities and ensure compliance with SOX and anti‑corruption requirements.
• Close coordination, partnership and alignment with leadership and functions of projects, including commercial, project controls (specifically EAC production) and supply chain to enable project objectives to be achieved.
• Ownership of the business unit balance sheet; understanding the drivers, timing and predictability with which they will impact the P&L.
• Oversight of reconciliations, integrations and disclosures for the business unit; influences key stakeholders where there are critical dependencies.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Accounting qualification required.
• A relevant number of years’ experience in accounting, finance, or FP&A; project accounting experience desirable; public accounting experience preferred.

When you become part of the K  team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.

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