Full Time Executive Finance Director in healthcare at Sony Music Entertainment in Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Dubai. Apply directly through the link below.
At a glance:
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Full Time - Location:
Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Dubai - Experience:
Executive
· 12+ years
Core stack: Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Documentation, Optimization, Multitasking, Performance, Leadership, Compliance, Accounting, Analytics, Budgeting, Payment, Audit, IFRS
What are the qualifications? Education Qualification/Background: CPA/ CA/ equivalent finance degree.
What skills are required? Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Documentation, Optimization, Multitasking, Performance, Leadership, Compliance, Accounting, and more.
As the Finance Director, you will act as a key partner to the Managing Director and regional leadership, driving investment decisions across artists, catalog, partnerships, and acquisitions, while ensuring best-in‑class financial governance and operational excellence.
You will be responsible for the overall finance operations, analytics, reporting, budget preparation and M&A execution.
You will manage and control overall accounting and reporting systems ensuring compliance with local Accounting Policy, Financial regulations and Governing policies.
What you'll do:Strategic Finance & Business Partnering
- Act as strategic finance partner to the Managing Director and functional heads, providing financial insights to drive growth, profitability and risk mitigation.
- Lead short-term and long-term financial planning aligned to business strategy.
- Evaluate new business opportunities, partnerships, acquisitions, artist/content investments and new business initiatives through financial modelling and ROI analysis.
- Develop and track KPIs aligned to revenue streams (catalogue, frontline, licensing, digital, physical, etc.).
- Drive margin improvement initiatives and cost optimization programs.
Financial Planning and analysis
- Own the annual operating plans and budgets.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting and closures of annual budgeting while maintaining budget ownership with the department and business leaders.
- Work closely with MD and CFO‑Finance in driving optimal performance for the business, monitoring budgets and developing financial projections.
- Oversee and advise the month end accounting and monthly forecasts for all associated cost of business.
General Ledger, reporting & Audits
- Oversee all processes related to compiling and submitting standard notes to financial statements for parent company reporting.
- Oversee all processes related to preparation of executive and external reporting.
- Prepare, review and distribute statutory filings and shareholder reports.
- Govern audit relations, determine controls framework and consistently update tax and statutory audits on emerging changes in business operations.
- Financial dashboard and regular reporting to the management.
- Holding board meetings and do necessary filings in compliance with the local law.
- Cash flow reporting & monitoring.
- Partner with global and regional finance to align with company reporting standards.
- Work closely with Legal to align commercial terms with financial reporting.
Accounts Payable & Taxation
- Payment processing as per the Authority matrix.
- VAT and other local regulatory Compliance.
- Review and validate tax liability accounts, calculate tax adjustments or provisions, prepare and post tax journal entries.
- Fixed asset accounting.
- Royalty reporting and accounting.
Accounts Receivable
- Revenue recognition in line with the policy.
- Perform revenue mix and AR analysis, analyze customer balances and AR aging, review potential doubtful receivables and bad debt reserves.
- Review collections worklist, follow-up with customers based on policies and procedures.
- Calculate and record bad debt reserves.
Admin and Office Operations
- Oversee administrative operations including facilities, vendor management, office compliance, maintenance, service contracts and insurance.
- Lead vendor negotiations to optimize cost structures.
- Ensure contract repository and documentation governance.
- Oversee payroll, employee reimbursements,…
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