Chief Financial & Operating Officer (CFO/COO)

About the role

A sophisticated single-family office based in Dubai is looking for an accomplished Chief Financial & Operating Officer (CFO/COO) to lead its financial and operational infrastructure, strengthen institutional processes and act as a strategic partner to the CEO. The office manages a diversified portfolio of investments, entities and business interests across many international jurisdictions. The role starts with building and institutionalising the operating model, then moves toward stronger financial leadership, treasury and liquidity management.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations and build a scalable operating model across jurisdictions, with clear accountability, workflows and decision-making frameworks.
• Evaluate and improve technology platforms, reporting tools and information systems, and set up policies, procedures and knowledge management practices.
• Manage relationships with service providers and external advisors, and oversee complex cross-functional projects such as financial structuring, technology implementation and organisational development.
• Translate the CEO's priorities into workstreams with deliverables, timelines and reporting, and coordinate stakeholders across finance, legal, tax and banking matters.
• Support transaction activities including financial due diligence, liquidity assessment and financing arrangements.
• Lead financial management: reporting, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, controls and consolidated reporting, acting as a strategic business partner to the CEO.
• Oversee cash management, liquidity planning, banking relationships, credit facilities and debt covenants, and optimise the balance sheet and capital structure.
• Establish governance, internal controls, approval processes and risk management, and monitor regulatory, compliance and tax obligations across jurisdictions.
• Develop and support the finance and operations team, and own finance topics presented to governance committees.

Required profile

• Accomplished senior finance, operations or strategic leadership professional with 15+ years of progressive experience in sophisticated financial, investment, advisory or privately held businesses.
• Experience building or transforming operating models, systems, processes, reporting frameworks and internal teams.
• Proven ability to act as a strategic business partner to senior executives, with analytical rigor and commercial judgment.
• Strong foundation in corporate finance, financial reporting, treasury and liquidity management, and capital structuring.