Financial Controller, NEA

About NTS Group

We are NTS Group, the region’s leading Executive Search, Outplacement, and Career Transition firm across the Middle East. With over 25 years of local expertise and a proven track record of delivering exceptional results for both clients and candidates, we have built a reputation as a trusted partner for many of the world’s most respected organisations.

Operating from our strategically positioned offices in Dubai, London, and Singapore, we offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to support businesses and leaders at every stage of their growth journey. These include Contingency and Executive Search campaigns, Outplacement and Redundancy Support, RPO Projects, Talent Mapping, Women in Leadership & Leadership Development, and our award-winning Executive Career Transition Programs.

Our client is a globally recognised organisation operating across multiple markets within the North East Africa (NEA) region. With a strong presence across manufacturing, commercial, and distribution operations, the company plays a significant role in delivering high-quality products and services across diverse markets.

Operating in a dynamic and highly regulated environment, the organisation is committed to maintaining strong financial governance, operational excellence, and robust internal controls across its regional operations.

The Financial Controller will serve as the senior controllership authority across the North East Africa region, ensuring financial accuracy, strong governance, and compliance with both international and local accounting standards.

Reporting to the Senior Director – Finance (NEA & Iraq), this role will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of financial reporting, ensuring robust internal control frameworks, and providing financial leadership across multiple legal entities and markets.

This position requires a technically strong finance leader who can operate in a complex multi-country environment while maintaining a disciplined approach to risk management, financial reporting, and balance sheet governance.

• Financial Controllership: Ensure financial integrity across all NEA entities in line with IFRS, group accounting policies, and local regulatory requirements.
• Financial Reporting & Close: Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Statutory Compliance & Audit: Act as the primary regional interface with external auditors and regulatory bodies, ensuring successful statutory audits and regulatory compliance.
• Balance Sheet Governance: Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany balances, provisions, accruals, and financial risk management.
• Internal Controls: Strengthen and enforce internal control frameworks across finance processes while ensuring adherence to approval matrices and financial policies.
• Finance Business Partnership: Support regional finance leadership with reliable financial insights and analysis to enable informed commercial and operational decision-making.
• ERP & Process Standardisation: Ensure finance processes within ERP systems are properly configured and aligned with control and reporting requirements.
• Team Leadership: Lead and develop the regional controllership and accounting teams, building strong technical capability and governance discipline.

We are seeking a senior finance professional with strong controllership expertise and leadership experience within complex multinational environments.

• 10–14+ years of finance experience with a strong focus on controllership and financial governance.
• Proven experience in a senior finance leadership role such as Financial Controller or Head of Finance.
• Experience operating across multi-entity and multi-country environments.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, statutory reporting, and audit management.
• Experience managing balance sheet governance, internal controls, and financial risk management.
• Background within FMCG, manufacturing, or complex commercial organisations is highly preferred.
• Experience working within ERP-driven finance environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification required (CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA, or equivalent).
• Arabic Speaker

This is a unique opportunity to take on a strategic finance leadership role within a multinational organisation, where you will play a critical role in strengthening financial governance and ensuring the integrity of financial reporting across multiple markets.

The position offers strong exposure to senior leadership while allowing you to lead and develop finance teams across the region within a dynamic and fast‑paced environment.

📩 If you are an experienced Financial Controller or senior finance leader looking to take the next step in your career within a multinational environment, we would love to hear from you.