Financial Transactional Manager - UAE, Kuwait & Lower Gulf Indirect

About the Role:

The Financial Transactional Manager for UAE, Kuwait, and Lower Gulf industries (LGi) is responsible for leading and overseeing all day‑to‑day transactional Finance operations while ensuring accuracy, compliance, efficiency, and strong internal controls across the Procure‑to‑Pay (PTP), Order‑to‑Cash (OTC), Record‑to‑Report (RTR), and Treasury functions. It ensures the timely execution of all operational accounting processes and maintains full alignment with company policies, IFRS requirements, internal control standards, and overall governance frameworks.

Main Responsibilities:

Procure-to-Pay (PTP)

This scope includes overseeing vendor master data governance and controls, ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing in line with 3‑way matching requirements. You will be monitoring payment cycles, managing the aging of payables, and aligning activities with overall cash‑flow needs. In addition, you are also responsible for maintaining strong vendor relationships and ensuring proper accuracy and expense recognition.

Order-to-Cash (OTC)

Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with revenue‑recognition requirements and monitoring customer credit limits and exposure in coordination with commercial teams. You will be supervising collections activities, overseeing customer account reconciliations, and ensuring timely clearing of customer payments in SAP. Monitoring receivables aging, driving DSO performance, and supervising LCCs across countries in scope are also key components.

Record-to-Report (RTR)

RTR focuses on ensuring an accurate and timely month‑end close while supervising general ledger activities and account reconciliations. It includes reviewing journal entries for accuracy, completeness, and proper documentation, as well as ensuring compliance with IFRS and internal accounting policies. Supporting internal and external audit processes is also a core responsibility.

Treasury Operations

Key responsibilities in Treasury Operations include overseeing daily cash‑position monitoring and providing accurate inputs for cash‑flow forecasting. The role manages payment approvals in accordance with the delegation‑of‑authority matrix, supervises bank reconciliations and cash‑control activities, and coordinates with banks on operational matters. Ensuring full compliance with internal treasury policies is also essential.

Controls & Compliance

This scope involves maintaining robust internal controls across transactional finance processes and ensuring effective segregation of duties within SAP. The role supports internal and external audits, facilitates the implementation of audit recommendations, and ensures adherence to company policies and regulatory requirements.

People Management

In this role, you will also be leading, managing, and developing a team of approximately eight finance professionals. It involves allocating responsibilities, balancing workloads, and setting clear performance objectives. Conducting performance evaluations and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational efficiency are also central to this responsibility.

As a Financial Transactional Manager, you will interact extensively with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth financial operations and accurate reporting. Internally, you collaborate with all regional departments, Reporting and Controlling units within Finance, and the Internal Audit team to support efficient information flow and uphold compliance standards. Externally, you will be engaging with customers, suppliers, bankers, and various professional partners such as auditors and tax advisors. These relationships are essential for maintaining transparency, ensuring data accuracy, and supporting the organization’s overall financial integrity.

About You:

Are you passionate about driving financial excellence and leading high‑impact initiatives? Then this role is for you! To be considered a candidate, you must have a minimum of 8 years' experience in the Finance field, and at least 3-5 years in a managerial or supervisory position. You should possess strong knowledge of IFRS and accounting standards, along with advanced proficiency in MS Excel. Working knowledge of Power BI or similar reporting tools is considered an advantage. A solid understanding of internal controls and governance frameworks is essential, as well as hands‑on exposure to treasury and cash management responsibilities. Experience with SAP is preferred. Fluent in both English and Arabic is required.

Our Benefits & Perks:

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About Ferrero:

Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.

DE&I at Ferrero:

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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