KPMG UAE Hiring for Finance Operations Manager Job at Dubai Full Time

Job / Role title

Manager Finance and Operations

Service (Sub-department)

Advisory Operations

Hierarchical level

Manager – C grade

Job / Role Purpose

The purpose of this role is to manage all aspects of Finance and operations within the department, manage day-to-day queries on key KPIs, streamline processes related to business analysis, act as a business partner and ensure controls compliance.

Major duties and responsibilities

• Gather and analyze variance in key KPI details on a regular basis- to report to Advisory leadership and business units.
• Pro-active approach to highlight potential issues and impact on revenues & costs.
• Act as the control point by working closely on budgets with the operations, finance, business, and leadership to ensure targets are kept in line with budget goals.
• Analyze weekly Billing / Collections /Revenue status reports and share insights to improve performance.
• Responsible for MIS related queries – Direct cost, Revenue, Operational Expenses, Provisions, respond to audit queries and monthly forecasts.
• Prepare key sections related to month end MIS reports and Board packs.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and other simplified and easy to use information for stakeholders at all levels including KPIs for SLLs and partners.
• Carry out month-end procedures.
• Work independently and develop solid understanding of the business to be able to provide guidance.
• Manage and execute projects that are undertaken by the department.
• Drive continuous development of the Systems platform toward greater automation.
• Coordinate the preparation of ad hoc reports requested by management based on information gathered from several different sources and put together in a coherent, easily understandable format.

Team management

Reports to the Associate Director who will be the performance manager.

Extend of work

Support to senior members of the team.

Deliverables

• Business communication, business partner role to resolve issues, collaborative relationships
• Ability to prepare timely MIS reports, dashboards, accurate reporting
• Working capital analysis and exposure on provisions
• Personal growth, learning and development

Required skills and knowledge’s for the role

• Understanding of business processes related to a consulting firm
• Prior experience of using ERP
• Management planning and organization
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Prior experience in a managerial role

Knowledge / Technical Skills

• Finance accounting knowledge
• MIS reporting skills
• MS office Suite
• Consulting firm revenue operating model
• Experience on reporting to leadership on P&L and Balance sheet items
• Presentation decks
• Coach / Guide & Supervise junior staff working in the team
• Ability to interrogate and interpret large volumes of data

Education requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a Finance / Accounting.
• Master’s Degree with accounting qualification (Preferable)

Work experience requirements:

• Minimum of 10 yrs experience in a finance operation’s practice within a professional services Firm.

Other requirements related to the job

• NA

Financial management

• NA

Risks management

• NA

Conditions and working environment

• Remotely and
• Sitting desk workstation.

Evolution opportunities

After practicing the described role, to which position is it possible to evolve?

• Senior Manager