Finance Director - Lifestyle & Wellbeing Venture

About the role

A leading diversified group, working with Hays, is launching a new lifestyle and wellbeing venture and needs a commercially minded finance leader to take it from concept to a scalable, profitable business. The role covers the three-year business plan, financial modelling, commercial strategy, M&A and governance.

Key responsibilities

• Shape the launch: the three-year business plan, operating model and milestones
• Own the numbers: financial models, budgets, forecasts, KPIs and unit economics (acquisition cost, retention, margins)
• Set commercial strategy, including pricing, segmentation, partnerships and routes to market, tested through pilots
• Run M&A on Board-identified opportunities, from due diligence and valuation through structuring and integration
• Present investment cases and recommendations to the CEO and Board
• Put governance and risk frameworks in place early, then build and lead a lean cross-functional team

Required profile

• 10+ years across commercial finance, M&A and strategy, with the last 5 in leadership
• Track record of launching or scaling a new business, venture or service line
• Hands-on deal experience covering due diligence, valuation, execution and integration
• Bachelor's degree minimum; UAE experience is essential
• MBA, CFA or ACCA preferred