Finance Manager – Risk & Control

About the role

The Finance Manager – Risk & Control will lead the finance control environment for a leading real‑estate organisation in Dubai. You will own the end‑to‑end SOX/ICFR programme, maintain the finance risk register and ensure robust technology controls supporting financial reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Review finance risk themes and maintain a clear risk register with owners, impacts and actions.
• Own the annual SOX/ICFR plan, from scoping and walkthroughs through documentation, testing and certification.
• Maintain process narratives, flowcharts and risk‑and‑control matrices for financial close, P2P, revenue, treasury, payroll, fixed assets, tax, consolidation and budgeting.
• Oversee technology controls that support financial reporting, including user access, system changes, automated controls and interfaces.
• Prepare the annual control testing plan and manage testing by internal teams, Internal Audit or co‑sourced specialists.
• Evaluate control failures, track audit findings and drive remediation actions.
• Assess finance and control impact of new systems, entities, products or major transformation projects.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk, Technology and Information Security to align assurance work.
• Present control matters and risk themes to senior finance and technology leaders.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CISA or CMA strongly preferred.
• 8‑12+ years of experience in financial controls, SOX, ICFR, internal audit, finance risk, controllership or governance.
• Hands‑on experience across the full SOX/ICFR cycle, including scoping, risk assessment, testing, issue evaluation and remediation.
• Proven ability to present complex control matters to senior finance and technology leaders.

Required skills

• SOX compliance
• ICFR implementation
• Internal audit
• Risk management

What we offer

• Strong career progression within a reputable real‑estate organisation.
• Regional exposure and the opportunity to shape the finance control environment at a senior level.