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Finance Director / Chief Accountant
Heavy Industry & Manufacturing Sector
📍 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
A leading industrial company in the heavy manufacturing and metals sector is seeking a highly strategic and operational Finance Director / Chief Accountant to lead the company’s financial operations, planning, reporting, and business transformation initiatives.
This is not a traditional accounting role.
We are looking for a finance leader with strong operational understanding, strategic thinking, and hands-on industrial experience.
The ideal candidate must understand factory operations, manufacturing costs, operational finance, and long-term business growth.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
• Build advanced financial models and conduct scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making
• Evaluate multiple operational and investment scenarios and assess financial impact and business risk
• Develop executive-level financial reports, dashboards, and KPI analysis
• Monitor factory performance, production costs, inventory valuation, and operational efficiency
• Lead cost accounting activities and identify opportunities for cost optimization and margin improvement
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting
• Manage and optimize financial operations through SAP ERP systems
• Develop Power BI dashboards for financial and operational analytics
• Support executive management with data-driven financial insights and recommendations
• Build scalable financial controls, governance structures, and reporting processes
• Coordinate with auditors, banks, consultants, and regulatory authorities
• Support IPO readiness, investment structuring, and capital market initiatives
• Lead and develop finance and accounting teams
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CMA, CFA, or ACCA are preferred
• Strong experience in heavy industry, manufacturing plants, metals, mining, recycling, or industrial operations
• Proven experience in financial leadership and operational finance
• Advanced experience with SAP ERP (FI/CO)
• Strong Power BI, reporting, and financial analytics skills
• Strong understanding of manufacturing costing and industrial financial operations
• Experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical capabilities
• IPO, capital market, or corporate restructuring exposure is highly preferred
Key Skills
• Financial Strategy
• Financial Modeling & Scenario Analysis
• Operational Finance
• Manufacturing Cost Control
• SAP ERP
• Power BI
• Financial Reporting & KPI Development
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Cash Flow Management
• Strategic Planning
• Business Transformation
• Internal Controls & Governance
• Leadership & Team Management
• Industrial Finance
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