Finance Manager

Al-Futtaim | Corporate Services | Cairo, Egypt

About Al-Futtaim

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim has grown into one of the most diversified and progressive privately held regional businesses, headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Operating across multiple sectors and markets, Al-Futtaim is committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences and building businesses that make a positive impact across the communities in which it operates.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Finance Manager to join our Corporate Services team in Egypt.

The role combines Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), financial controlling, business partnering, cash flow management, and finance governance. You will act as a key finance partner to local stakeholders while coordinating closely with GBS-Finance, Corporate Finance, Group Tax, Treasury, Procurement, and other relevant Group functions.

The successful candidate will play an important role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting, effective financial planning, strong financial controls, and timely resolution of key finance matters, while providing meaningful financial insights to support business decision-making.

What You Will Do

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Business Partnering

• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting process for Egypt Corporate Services functions, including consolidation and review of business submissions and assumptions.
• Coordinate rolling forecasts and ensure financial assumptions and key business drivers are accurately reflected in planning systems.
• Analyse actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior year, identifying material variances and providing clear insights and recommendations.
• Partner with functional stakeholders to provide financial guidance, performance insights, and support during business reviews.
• Prepare and provide financial analysis and reporting for senior management and the Chief Financial Officer's monthly business reviews.
• Support strategic and ad hoc finance projects as required.

Financial Controlling & Reporting

• Coordinate month-end and year-end closing activities with GBS-Finance to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Review key general ledger accounts, including bank, intercompany, accruals, and other material balances.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, identify aged or material reconciling items, and drive appropriate corrective actions.
• Review the trial balance prior to final submission and ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and internal policies.
• Review accruals, provisions, prepayments, cost allocations, and depreciation postings to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Cash Flow & Working Capital

• Monitor cash positions, bank balances, and cash movements in coordination with Treasury and GBS-Finance.
• Prepare short- and long-term cash flow forecasts and provide regular updates to Corporate Finance.
• Monitor accounts receivable and accounts payable ageing and highlight material or overdue balances.
• Partner with relevant stakeholders to drive resolution of working capital issues and improve cash visibility.

Governance, Tax & Audit

• Coordinate with GBS-Finance and Group Tax to support timely tax filings and payments.
• Coordinate finance documentation and responses required for internal and external audits.
• Track audit observations and agreed actions through to closure.
• Support statutory audits by providing financial information, analysis, and explanations to auditors.
• Ensure compliance with Al-Futtaim finance policies, delegated authorities, accounting requirements, and internal controls.

Finance Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Review purchase requests to ensure budget availability and appropriate financial coding.
• Partner with GBS-Finance to resolve aged general ledger items and other outstanding financial matters.
• Coordinate the timely processing and validation of finance transactions.
• Support the resolution of financial discrepancies, system issues, delays, and intercompany matters.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial controls, reporting, processes, and collaboration between local finance teams and GBS-Finance.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, or CMA is preferred.
• Progressive experience across financial planning & analysis, financial control, reporting, and business partnering, preferably within a large or multinational organisation.
• Strong practical knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, working capital, audit, and internal controls.
• Experience working within a shared services or GBS finance environment would be an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise finance and planning systems such as SAP, BPC, Anaplan, or comparable platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to perform financial analysis and develop management reports.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across different functions, teams, and cultures.