Director of Finance Agri-Commodities (Grains & Oilseeds) | Dubai

Director of Finance – Agri-Commodities (Grains & Oilseeds) | Dubai

Confidential Search:

A well-established, global agricultural commodity trading house with a diversified footprint spanning the GCC, Africa, and international origination markets is looking for a Director of Finance to sit at the heart of its commercial and financial decision-making.

This is a senior, highly independent mandate reporting directly to the Global Head of the business. You'll be the financial backbone of a trading operation moving significant volumes of grains, oilseeds, and related agri-commodities across complex, multi-jurisdictional supply chains, partnering closely with trading, procurement and executive leadership rather than sitting purely in a back-office reporting function.

What the role is really about:

This isn't a traditional controller or reporting-focused finance seat. You'll need genuine fluency in how a physical/futures trading business actually works financially; hedging, mark-to-market, purchase & sales mechanics, consolidation across multiple entities and the international reporting standards that come with cross-border commodity flows. You'll be trusted to manage banking and financing relationships directly and to be a real strategic partner to trading and senior management, not just someone who closes the books.

What we're looking for:

• Senior finance leadership experience within agri-commodity trading, ideally grains, oilseeds, origination, or distribution
• Genuine international exposure; Black Sea (Russia/Ukraine), South America, North America, or Asia origination or destination markets
• Strong technical grasp of physical and futures trading from a finance lens: hedging, MTM, derivatives
• Experience with consolidation, purchase & sales accounting, and international trading/reporting standards
• Established banking and trade finance relationships
• Background with a leading global agri-commodity trading house (ABCD-tier or equivalent multinational merchant) strongly preferred.
• Comfort operating in a GCC or MENA context, prior exposure to Saudi, Egypt, or the wider region is a strong plus.
• English & Arabic language ability (this is a strong preference) given the dynamics of the region.
• Based in Dubai, or genuinely willing to relocate.
• A track record of operating independently and confidently at senior stakeholder level, with the judgment to navigate a fast-moving, deadline-driven trading environment

Why this role:

You'll have real influence, not a narrow reporting mandate, but a seat close to the trading and origination decisions that drive the business, in an organization with genuine scale and a long-standing reputation in the agri-commodity space.

This search is being run on a confidential basis. If this sounds like your background, reach out directly for a conversation, all discussions held in strict confidence!

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