Atkins Dubai Jobs 2022 – Apply Online Finance Director Vacancy in Dubai, UAE

We are looking for a Finance Director to be based in UAE or KSA.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial management support and business partner to MD and wider leadership teams;
• Robust financial management, control & reporting;
• Drive focus on achieving key financial KPI’s;
• Play key role in bid and project reviews;
• Ensure compliance with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other areas of internal compliance;
• Accountable for quality and accuracy of all financial information;
• Accountable for achieving deadlines without compromising on quality or accuracy of the deliverables produced;
• Identify process and reporting improvements and manage to completion if required;
• Support to Regional FD as required

The individual should be a proven business partner and a highly motivated self-starter who values the importance of reliable and accurate data as the platform for finance. Within SNC-L it is important that finance and this individual is able to business partner but also act with independence from the businesses they support. They must be able to manage multiple (sometimes conflicting) stakeholders.

Qualifications :- 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business
• Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW etc). Post qualified 5 years+

Essential Criteria :- 

• Financially & commercially aware with ability to see the bigger picture;
• Driven focus on control and accuracy;
• Business partner but with proven ability to remain independent when appropriate;
• Ability to manage/get the required support from indirect reports and other teams;
• Accomplished written and numeric report writing skills;
• Accomplished communication and influencing skills;
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple stakeholder relationships.

Desirable Criteria :- 

• Strategic mindset;
• Interest in technology adoption;
• Understanding of tax regimes in GCC;
• Ability to mentor finance and non-finance staff.

Rewards & Benefits :- 

We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive salary;
• Accommodation allowance;
• Transportation allowance;
• Medical and life insurance cover;
• Company gratuity scheme;
• Discretionary bonus scheme;
• Annual flight allowance to point of origin;
• Employee Well-Being Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants.

SNC Lavalin’s Atkins business is one of the largest multidisciplinary, multi sector engineering design consultancies in the world and is part of the SNC Lavalin Group.

As one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies with a leading track record in the defense sector, Atkins are ideally placed to respond to this market. We have a broad establishment and proud, 50 year history throughout the Middle East region.

We provide a full range of design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure programmes.

Atkins in the Middle East now employs around 2,000 staff serving Gulf clients across all market sectors from offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sharjah.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

Acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, we also have an extensive depth of geographic exposure across 50 countries and the breadth of 53,000 experts. As one of the largest engineering consultants, we have access to 17,000 staff in the Middle East making us one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the region.