About this role
JOB TITLE
Manager- Group Financial Controls | Holding | Finance
ROLE SUMMARY
To execute and continuously enhance the group-wide financial control environment by coordinating the design, testing, and remediation of controls across Holding and OpCos. This ensures accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and timely resolution of control-related issues.
ROLE PROFILE
• Control Execution & Documentation – Maintain Risk & Control Matrices (RCMs), flow charts, and walkthroughs for core finance cycles (P2P, O2C, R2R, Tax, Treasury).
• Control Testing – Plan and perform periodic management testing; log exceptions, agree action plans, and track closure with OpCo controllers.
• Month End Governance – Monitor close checklists, key reconciliations, and journal entry controls; escalate delays or high risk items.
• Policy Compliance – Ensure adherence to IFRS, group accounting policies, and SoD rules. Support updates to the Internal Control Manual.
• Automation & Analytics – Leverage tools, Power BI and data analytics to increase automated control coverage and reporting.
• Audit Liaison – Prepare schedules and coordinate walk throughs for internal and external auditors.
• Training & Guidance – Deliver bite size control awareness sessions to finance teams; develop job aids and FAQ sheets.
• Continuous Improvement – Identify process inefficiencies; recommend and help implement enhancements (e.g., straight through processing, workflow triggers).
REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Professional certification strongly preferred: CPA, ACCA, CA, or CIA.
• Post graduate qualification in Risk Management or Data Analytics is an advantage.
• 5–8 years in internal controls, external audit, or controllership within a multi entity or group environment (listed company experience highly regarded).
• Hands on responsibility for ICFR / COSO implementations, including RCM design, process documentation, and management testing.
• Direct exposure to monthly close governance—checklists, reconciliations, journal entry controls—and proven success shortening close cycles or automating reconciliations.
• Demonstrated track record of collaborating with Big 4 auditors and delivering PBC requests on schedule.
Other facts
About Majid Al Futtaim
Founded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is an Emirati-owned, diversified lifestyle conglomerate operating across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The Group started from one man’s vision to transform the face of shopping, entertainment, and leisure to ‘Create Great Moments For Everyone, Everyday’. It has since grown into one of the region’s most respected businesses, employing 43,000 people, with owned assets valued at US$18 billion and has the highest credit rating (BBB) among privately held corporates in the region. Majid Al Futtaim owns and operates 29 shopping malls, 7 hotels and four mixed-use communities, welcoming more than 600 million customers through its doors every year.
What you'll do
- The role involves executing and enhancing the financial control environment by coordinating the design, testing, and remediation of controls. This ensures accurate financial reporting and regulatory compliance.
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