Job Description

Role Summary:

Responsible for planning, implementation, managing, and running all the finance activities of SAFE, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. The CFO will support the CEO in Board liaison and performance reporting.

Main Responsibilities:

Provides economic analyses, studies, and counsel on all matters of potentially significant financial impact to the company, including economic/competitive trends, pricing, cash flow, product line evaluation, and capital additions.
Develop, propose, and implement financial strategies, guidelines, and procedures.
Ensure compliance of the organization's practices with applicable legislation and tax regulations.
Oversee SAFE financial governance, accounting, and reporting standards and policies in alignment with all relevant international standards, regulatory and internal controls, and best business practices.
Lead SAFE's annual budget planning and forecasting processes.
Consolidate SAFE's annual budgets and perform variance analysis against forecasts and budgets.
Lead development of all management reports and associated analysis.
Manages costs and monitors revenues. Develops and implements consistent and effective financial controls, policies, and processes across SAFE.
Oversee SAFE's accounting activities and preparation of financial statements.
Monitor cash liquidity of SAFE and ensure optimal allocation and utilization of financial resources.
Enable the effective and efficient use of budgets and provide transparency and accountability of the cost.
Work as a business partner with other departments to ensure business growth and sustainability.
An integral part of the cost approval team by ensuring the organization DoA and policies are complied with


Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Business / Finance, or a relevant field.
MBA, CPA, CA, ACCA, or CFA is extremely essential
15+ years in accounting and finance, with at least 3-5 years in a senior role
Knowledge of basic accounting and finance principles.


Required Skills:

Strong verbal & written communication skills in both English & Arabic.


Leadership Competency:

Driving Success

Translates SAFE vision and goals into clear, specific, and achievable objectives. Takes control of projects, leading on key tasks and monitoring others to ensure they fulfil their roles effectively.
Demonstrates belief in and personal commitment to SAFE vision and mission. Fulfills commitments while maintaining high levels of productivity and output for self and team.


Building Relationships:

Builds an understanding of key stakeholders (including shareholders) , their needs, drivers, and constraints. Develop common understanding across widely competing needs.
Interacts well with others, quickly establishing rapport and maintaining useful relationships with internal and external stakeholders for the organization's benefit.


Engaging Individuals:

Creates a team identity and shared purpose among team members. Articulates the vision for the future to motivate others to action. Finds effective ways to empower individuals and help them succeed.
Focuses on developing, coaching, and mentoring talent to enhance skills, knowledge, and abilities to improve individual and organizational performance.


Core Competency:

Dependability:

Self-driven and acts proactively.
Pursues goals with persistence and stamina, works on tasks thoroughly, ensuring accuracy and meeting standards
Maintains high levels of quality and effectiveness of work outputs and achieves outstanding results.


Collaboration:

Collaborates constructively with people at all levels across the organization.
Helps colleagues, is always available to the team, and delivers on team commitments.
Trusts the guidance and direction of colleagues and senior members of the team.


Analytical Thinking:

Examines, evaluates, and analyses different types of information objectively.
Spots trends and patterns, establishes key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.
Provides insights and identifies ways to improve things. Trusts intuition about which methods will work best.

Key Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance roles
• Experience in leading financial teams and managing budgets