About the Role
The Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing financial management, accounting, tax, legal, banking, liquidity, and regulatory matters. The role supports financial reporting, receivables management, budgeting, cash management, audits, and financial projects while ensuring compliance and alignment with regional and HQ requirements.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee the Accounting, Legal, and Tax aspects of the business and ensure timely reporting and compliance.
- Manage banking relationships with commercial banks to drive efficient cash management and oversee day-to-day banking business.
- Manage the arrangement of bank guarantees to ports and terminals in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
- Coordinate with Regional Finance on accounting-related topics, the Tax Director for tax audit matters and payment approvals, and report quarterly tax, legal contingencies, and business risks to the Regional HQ.
- Attend the monthly trial balance review meeting with the QSC GL team for the company Saudi and Jordan and brief the HOD on key figures and/or changes compared to the previous month.
- Define the internal payment protocols to promote simplification and automation to the maximum.
- Responsible for verifying manual payments and transfers in HSBCnet and SAP.
- Monitor to ensure tax filing is performed monthly and payments to the Saudi tax authority are released within the deadline to avoid late penalties and potential tax inquiries.
- Review legal contracts in Arabic, translate into English, and present to the Department Head for fast decision-making.
- Oversee cash management and ensure the availability of liquidity to meet critical business payments, ensuring business continuity and repatriation of surplus cash to HQ.
- Arrange monthly meetings with the Yemen third-party agency, design the agenda, and consistently follow up on the action items to maintain governance on financial matters.
- Responsible for verifying HR-related payments and liaising with HR on staff loan deductions and EOS payouts.
- Ensure that all monthly reporting obligations towards Regional HQ are met on time.
- Serve as the dedicated PIC to follow up on receivables with top key credit customers whenever overdue amounts are escalated to the Area office. Perform spot checks on receivables from key credit customers and report any deviation from the contractual payment terms to the Department Head as they occur. Regularly liaise with GCC and the customer’s finance department to reduce invoice errors and improve the payment turnaround for collections.
- Validate overhead vendor invoices in SAP as per the terms and conditions of signed contracts.
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors, overseeing all audit-related tasks, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and assisting the BA Finance Supervisor in the timely preparation of statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS standards and local requirements.
- Coordinate new projects rolled out by HQ, such as Payment Management, Auto banking, and e-bank account management, and track deliverables. Prepare a weekly project progress report for HOD review and tracking.
- Assist and oversee the finance team in preparing the budget and quarterly forecast of resources, overheads, detention & demurrage, and budget for IT hardware and own office investments to ensure timely submission.
- Prepare the draft board proposal for annual dividend distribution, updates of bank signatories, commercial matters, and provide qualified feedback to the department head for approval.
- Manage relationships with third-party agents and business partners, arranging meetings, evaluating revenue and costs, and processing monthly account statements within set timelines.
- Liaise with tax consultants to perform tax health checks for companies in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
- Drive consultancy negotiations with external auditors, tax, and legal consultants to optimize overall non-personnel costs, measuring against budgeted consultancy costs and reporting variance analysis.
- Manage financial transactions and business administration efficiently in the absence of the BA Head, representing them in management meetings and backing them up in off-site management meetings if needed.
- Maintain financial discipline on overhead costs and report deviations to the BA Head immediately with proposals for corrective and preventive measures to focus on cost and maximize reduction.
- Coordinate with SAP 4 HANA project teams in the region to ensure timely deliverables on tax, working capital, and cash management templates.
Qualifications
- Saudi Nationals Only
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration and/or Financial Accounting.
- Master’s degree in finance is an added advantage.
- Minimum 5–7 years of experience in a similar role.
- Fluent in English; proficiency in Arabic is preferred.
Technical Skills
- Experience in financial analysis and management reporting.
- Knowledge of financial statements and income/expenditure analysis.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with accounting ERP systems; knowledge of SAP S/4HANA is preferred.
Leadership Skills
- Strong results orientation and ability to drive team performance.
- Ability to organize multiple activities and resources effectively.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to independently lead the team and manage priorities.
