Group Finance Manager

Job description / Role

The Group Finance Manager is responsible for the comprehensive oversight of the group’s financial management and reporting processes. This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring financial stability, compliance, and strategic decision-making across multiple subsidiaries and associates.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Team Leadership:

- Oversee finance teams across various subsidiaries and associates.
- Ensure the implementation of robust financial controls and accurate financial reporting.
- Maintain compliance with accounting standards and drive effective financial planning and analysis.

Strategic Financial Support:

- Provide insightful financial information and analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting process across departments and subsidiaries.
- Identify and report on major variances through comprehensive Management Information System (MIS) reports.

Internal Controls and Compliance:

- Ensure that all necessary internal controls are in place and functioning effectively.
- Prepare and present Board Packs for discussion at board meetings, and attend these meetings as required.

Financial Reporting and Analysis:

- Work closely with the Commercial Manager to prepare monthly income and cost analysis reports.
- Manage working capital and cash flow to optimize the group’s financial position.

Banking and Finance Management:

- Liaise with banks, submitting periodic progress reports and other required information.
- Ensure the timely renewal of credit facilities with various banks.
- Arrange project finance facilities to support the group’s initiatives.

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Ideally be in Oman or has previous experience working there.
- Professional qualifications such as CA, CPA, ACCA, or an MBA.
- Strong expertise in Costing, Auditing, Financial Analysis, Banking, and Taxation.
- Proficient in computer applications, with a solid working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (or equivalent) and relevant project management tools.
- Familiarity with ISO standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
- A minimum of 20 years of relevant experience, with at least 5 years in the construction industry.
- At least 5 years of experience in a Financial Manager or Finance Leadership role.

About the Company

At NSR we pride ourselves on market knowledge, integrity, loyalty and professionalism. Through personal relationships and knowledge of what our clients look for in specific requirements we like to pride ourselves on matching people to the right role.

The partners at NSR have always dealt with people in an open and honest manner and as a company we are driven to find the right opportunity for people enhancing their career where ever this may be worldwide.

We work on the principal that every person we deal with is a potential client, this process has proved beneficial for us as there are many people we have dealt with on the International circuit that have approached NSR Associates to recruit for them as a client after we have worked on their behalf as a candidate.