Finance Business Partner UAE

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Role Overview
The role holder is responsible for leading the financial management of Otis – UAE including highlighting strategic plans, financial budgeting, cash flow, and accounting and policy matters. The role holder identifies unsatisfactory processes and potential performance improvement opportunities within the Finance Department to enable the business productivity. The role holder shall carry out his / her duties in accordance with the stipulated business policies and procedures.

Core Responsibilities

• Acts as a strategic financial partner to the General Manager on the financial positioning of Otis UAE, highlighting strategic plans, financial budgeting, cash flow, accounting and policy matters.
• Monitors, interprets and challenges financial results and communicate issues, risks, opportunities and trends, and performance outlook to the management on a timely basis.
• Leads the annual budgeting process for Otis UAE and its functions in order to ensure that budgeting requirements are aligned to the strategic goals and objective of the organization.
• Monitors the overall financial performance including anticipated costs / revenues, excesses / deficits, areas of unsatisfactory performance and potential performance improvement opportunities to identify risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensures efficient and effective management of Otis UAE finances through all necessary financial controls, systems and processes, and ensures accuracy and integrity of the company’s financial records.
• Liaises with internal and external auditors and ensures that they are provided close cooperation and assistance in the discharge of their responsibilities, including all Otis UAE's financial statements and reports.
• Ensures completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all financial reporting including the coordination and completeness of annual audit reviews, and ensuring compliance with all legal and statutory requirements.
• Advices management on any changes in legislation or regulations that may affect Otis UAE's business operation
• Work with the senior management team to set the pricing strategy ensuring cost rates calculated provide full recovery to the business area, and profitable projects are sold

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent
• Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting is preferred
•  Relevant certification such as Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or equivalent is preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in managing financial operations in a construction/engineering organization
• At least 8 years in positions of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities
• Fluent written and spoken English essential

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Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.  

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