We are looking for an experienced Finance Manager to join a real estate development company in Dubai. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in UAE real estate development finance, with extensive hands-on experience in treasury management, fundraising, banking relationships, financial structuring, and cross-border financial regulations.
This is a senior finance position requiring a candidate who can independently manage the company’s financial operations while working closely with management, banks, investors, lenders, and other financial institutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the company’s overall financial operations, cash flow, liquidity, and treasury activities.
- Develop and implement effective treasury and cash management strategies for real estate development projects.
- Manage relationships with UAE banks, financial institutions, lenders, and investment partners.
- Lead and support fundraising, debt financing, project financing, and other capital-raising initiatives.
- Structure financing solutions for real estate development projects and assess funding requirements.
- Prepare financial models, feasibility analyses, cash-flow forecasts, funding proposals, and investment-related financial reports.
- Coordinate with banks regarding credit facilities, project financing, guarantees, LCs, overdrafts, and other banking arrangements.
- Monitor debt obligations, repayment schedules, interest costs, and financing covenants.
- Ensure compliance with applicable UAE financial, corporate, tax, banking, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage and assess cross-border financial transactions and applicable laws/regulations across different jurisdictions.
- Work closely with legal, investment, development, and senior management teams on financial structuring and transactions.
- Monitor project-level financial performance, budgets, cash requirements, and funding requirements.
- Provide strategic financial advice to management regarding investments, financing, liquidity, and risk.
- Establish strong internal controls and financial reporting procedures.
- Support due diligence processes with banks, investors, lenders, and external advisors.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant finance experience within UAE real estate development is mandatory.
- Candidates must have substantial hands-on experience with real estate development companies, not solely real estate brokerage.
- Extensive practical experience in treasury management and cash-flow management.
- Proven experience in fundraising, debt financing, project financing, or capital raising.
- Strong existing banking relationships within the UAE.
- Experience dealing directly with UAE banks and financial institutions.
- Strong knowledge of real estate development finance and project funding structures.
- Strong understanding of cross-border financial transactions and applicable laws/regulations across different countries.
- Excellent financial modelling, forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis skills.
- Strong knowledge of UAE financial, banking, corporate, and tax-related regulations.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary package based on experience and expertise.
- Opportunity to work directly with senior management on real estate development, financing, and investment projects.
- Exposure to UAE and international financing, fundraising, and banking transactions.
- Opportunity to build and leverage relationships with leading UAE banks and financial institutions.
- Professional and dynamic working environment.
- Long-term career growth within a growing real estate development organization.
- UAE employment visa and medical insurance, subject to company policy.