JOB DETAILS:

Position Title: Financial Controller - SCO DP World Band: (Leave this blank)

Reports to: CFO - SCO Prepared by:

Department: Finance

Business Unit: Section / Cost Code: (Leave it blank)

2. JOB PURPOSE:

- The Financial Controller will serve as a senior finance leader with responsibility for Accounting/Auditing/ERP and other systems/Controllership and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

- This role will ensure financial integrity, robust internal controls, and statutory compliance, while also driving forward-looking insights, budgeting, and performance management.

- As a strategic partner to the CFO and leadership team, the Controller will provide accurate reporting, sharpen decision-making, and enable sustainable value creation.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

Number of Staff Supervised (if applicable) Direct Reports:

Indirect Reports:

Financial Data (if applicable) Operating Budget:

Annual Turnover:

Other:

Other (if applicable)

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Compliance:

- Oversee preparation of consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in line with IFRS/IndAS/local statutory requirements.

- Ensure full compliance with tax, regulatory, and audit requirements across all geographies.

- Lead statutory audits, internal audits, group audits, ensuring tax audits, and compliance reviews, ensuring timely resolution of issues.

- Strengthen and maintain robust internal control and governance frameworks.

- Responsible for compliance with laws and regulations across the region.

Accounting Operations

- Responsible for accounting of holding company and companies with business in multiple verticals.

- Responsible for keeping all the SOPs live and current

- Responsible for ensuring GSC delivers their SLAs and thereby be accountable for accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger functions.

- Harmonize accounting policies and processes across subsidiaries/business units.

- Ensure efficient month-end and year-end closing processes with reduced cycle times.

- Responsible for development, implementation and maintenance of ERP systems (both operating as well as financial including interface with other ERPs).

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A):

- Lead the company's annual budget, long-range plan, and rolling forecasts.

- Partner with business units to deliver variance analysis, scenario planning, and performance dashboards.

- Provide forward-looking insights on growth opportunities, risks, and efficiency levers.

- Move away from descriptive and predictive to prescriptive analysis.

- Advise business units on cost control, profitability, and efficiency.

- Support capital allocation decisions, investment appraisals, and ROI tracking.

- Build standardized FP&A models and reporting tools for senior management and the board.

Strategic Partnering & Decision Support:

- Advise the CFO and leadership team on financial performance, market trends, and cost optimization opportunities.

- Support M&A due diligence and post-merger integration from both accounting and FP&A perspectives.

- Contribute to ESG and sustainability reporting frameworks.

Leadership & Transformation:

- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing finance team spanning controllership and FP&A.

- Drive finance transformation initiatives including ERP upgrades, process automation, and advanced analytics adoption.

- Foster a culture of integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

- Chartered Accountant with strong credentials.

- 12-18 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role combining accounting and FP&A.

- Experience managing consolidated accounts for a USD 500m-1bn+ company (preferably multinational).

- Strong technical expertise in IFRS/IndAs, tax, treasury, and compliance.

- Proven track record in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial analysis.

- Proficiency with ERP (Oracle) and FP&A/consolidation tools.

- Exceptional leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.

Key Competencies:

- Financial Acumen: Deep expertise across controllership and FP&A.

- Strategic Partnering: Ability to translate numbers into insights and drive business performance.

- Leadership: Build and inspire teams across disciplines.

- Analytical Rigor: Strong modeling, scenario planning, and forecasting skills.

- Change Agent: Experience driving finance transformation and digital tools adoption.

- Integrity & Governance: Uphold the highest ethical and compliance standards.

Success in this Role Looks Like:

- Accurate, timely, and audit-ready financial reporting across the group.

- Predictable budgeting/forecasting cycles with clear variance explanations.

- Prescriptive actionable insights delivered to the leadership team.

- Strong internal controls and governance, with minimized compliance risks.

- Improved working capital and cash flow management.

- A unified finance team that integrates accounting discipline with analytical foresight.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Undergraduate degree

- Masters degree

Preferred:

- Enter any preferred certifications or qualifications

Definite asset:

- Experience in the logistics industry;

- Experience in commercial for Automotive;

SKILLS (Update as applicable for the role)

- Strong communication skills - You are an exceptional listener.

- You communicate clearly.

- You write exceptionally well and you speak eloquently.

- You can explain just about anything to anyone.

- You're comfortable on the phone or to groups of people - at any level.

- You are incredibly tactful when delivering the facts.

- Problem solving - You enjoy solving problems.

- Getting to the root cause.

- You love taking on difficult challenges and finding creative, innovative solutions.

- You don't get flustered easily.

If you don't know the answer, you'll dig until you find it.

Detail oriented - You pay strong attention to the details as it is one of your core qualities.

As far as you are concerned, anything worth doing is worth doing right, every single time.

You stay focussed and nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.

Exceptional critical thinking skills; you can identify gaps in logic and underlying causes of issues; You think on your feet.

You like learning new things, and you can learn quickly.

Strong collaborator - You can work independently because you self-manage, with limited direction and guidance, but you also enjoy collaborating across dynamic and multi-cultural teams and are personable, helpful and incredibly organised

Results oriented - You are proactive in handling competing priorities and meet your deadlines and commitments; you always demonstrate a "can do" positive attitude

Confidentiality - You consider and protect the confidentiality of company data at ALL times;

IT skills - You are highly proficient in the full Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Visio;

Flexibility to travel - You are ready to travel between 30 - 50% of the time across the globe to our operations to perform audits on site;

Languages - You speak and write fluent English - additional languages are a bonus, in particular Arabic, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Hindi.

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Internal:

You will navigate through a large variety of stakeholders (BU's, Regional Office functions) and you are a trusted partner of these and will be required to maintain effective relationships.

External:

- FRAMEWORKS, BOUNDARIES AND DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY

- DP WORLD COMPETENCIES (FOR HR TEAM USE ONLY)

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