Finance Director of Asset Management

Salary Commensurate with Experience, Plus Benefits

Charterhouse are currently managing a search, for one of our Qatar clients within the Asset Management sector, to identify a Finance Director. This newly created role shall inherit overall management of an existing finance and accounting team, whilst supporting the Asset Management office, across the financial strategy and stewardship within the organisation.

This Finance Director will take on the day-to-day operational management across the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting functions, whilst also having responsibility for all treasury, banking and financing arrangements. In conjunction, the Finance Director will also have oversight of any project-based finance; ensuring that cash flow controls, funding and liquidity parameters are in place across the both operational and pipeline of projects.

Linking to the control-side, the Finance Director shall also be responsible for management of compliance and risk within the regulatory framework whilst overseeing audit processes, tax governance and any statutory filings. This will also extend to the delivery and development of financial reporting, internal controls and financial management across the company entities.

The client will look to recruit a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CPA), whom is able to demonstrate a detailed and experienced track record, within both operational financial management & reporting along with exposure to strategic finance, business support and investment analysis. Applicants are required to have a demonstrable track record across the regional (GCC) and international markets from within the Asset Management sector; whereby an understanding of investment prospectives and project delivery exists.

The successful candidate will also possess a strong understanding of the regulatory landscape along with the dynamics associated with project funding, banking & treasury and the broader market analysis. The ability to undertake detailed financial analysis (via Excel) and to develop planning tools and capabilities will be another critical aspect within the search. From a soft skill perspective, the successful candidate shall be required to demonstrate a solid track record across team development, senior reporting lines plus internal & external stakeholder management across a multiple of disciplines.