Financial Controller - Director, Middle East

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Conde Nast Traveller, AD, Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Glamour, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. The company's award-winning content reaches 88 million consumers in print, 419 million in digital and 432 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

The company is headquartered in London and New York and operates in 32 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, UAE, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S, with local licence partners across the globe.

Condé Nast Middle East is dedicated to producing high‑quality, compelling content that connects with Middle East's most influential audiences. Our vision for our workplace is one that is centred on transparency and respect and with values that bring forward the best in all of us. We are committed to creating a culture where diverse voices and perspectives are encouraged and respected, and where all employees are equally supported in developing their careers — where people can truly be themselves and achieve their best.

The Middle East Controllership team will take responsibility and ownership for all controllership matters consisting of industry knowledge experts and finance professionals, liaising across a number of internal and external stakeholders. There will be strong collaboration and partnership with the Controlling Operations team, based in Bangalore, who will provide a high level of service to the local market by recording transactions across a number of finance processes, thereby acting as the ‘customer’ of the Controlling Operations.

Although the offshore team will not report directly to the Middle East Controllership Team, there will be strong influence, support and oversight from the Financial Controller and the controllership team to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

Reporting to the Executive Director, EMEA Controller, based in the London (UK) office, the Financial Controller will have complete ownership and responsibility for the delivery of the Controllership activities within the local Market. The Financial Controller will lead and own the month end close process, as reported under US GAAP, as well as compliance with IFRS for statutory and regulatory reporting requirements and will be a key part of the local finance leadership team;

the Financial Controller is expected to drive results and implement process improvements across the finance processes including strong management of the balance sheet. The Financial Controller will be required to build strong relationships across Finance (including FP&A and Finance Business Partnering) as well as collaborate with the Controlling Ops Team.

The Director, Financial Controller, Middle East will have a direct reporting line to the Executive Director, EMEA Controller, who is based in London (UK).

The Director, Financial Controller, Middle East will be responsible for 1 direct report (Financial Reporting Manager); the whole team is based at the same office location (Dubai).

There will be strong collaboration and support from the offshore team, based in Bangalore as well as across the local market finance team (incl. FP&A and FBP).

• Support the EMEA Controller in preparation and coordination of Month‑end‑close (MEC) for purposes of management accounts including variance analysis.
• Review monthly profit & loss, balance sheet, and related key balance sheet reconciliations.
• Monitor agreed Controlling activities to ensure they are delivered according to country regulatory reporting requirements and according to CN Global standard processes, policies and controls (including US GAAP)
• Review statutory financial statements under IFRS and any associated regulatory filings for Board approval.
• Responsible for supporting and executing the IFRS statutory audit process, including engaging with KPMG in order to secure the process, timelines and consistency of the audit process.
• Manage and support any (other) external audit engagements (e.g. VAT, Tax) and…