Assistant Commercial Finance Manager

About us

dmg events is an international exhibitions and publishing company. We attract more than 425,000 visitors to our global portfolio of 80 exhibitions each year. Through our global events, our aim is simple. We want to accelerate business through face-to-face events, which is why we work so hard to bring people together, creating opportunities for them to network, learn and do business. dmg events is part of the Daily Mail Group Trust (DMGT). DMGT Manages a diverse, multinational portfolio of companies with total revenues of £2bn, that provide businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news, and entertainment.

Role Purpose

• Responsibility for the financial management, business planning and budgetary processes of the Middle East (MEAA) portfolio
• Business Partnering, improving business efficiency and commercial decision making by enhancing management information and financial forecasting
• Providing and maintain a strong financial management and control environment with appropriate processes
• Working with the VP of Finance and portfolio heads in the Middle East to implement and execute business strategy

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Working with commercial teams to track performance of events and report them at month-end
• Liaising with London/Middle East finance teams to ensure journals are corrected posted for monthly management accounts
• Providing quality, value added commentary and analysis
• Managing the budgeting and forecasting process across the Middle East portfolio
• Developing, implementing and managing on-going measures to enhance financial and management information including appropriate KPIs and metrics
• Ensuring a strong financial control environment is maintained and that DMG Event policies are communicated, implemented and complied with
• Preparing business plans and monitoring performance against them
• Calculating/reviewing commission/bonus payments to ensure compliance with individual schemes
• Carrying out any reasonable project work / ad hoc task as requested
• Attending training and development as required
• Management of two analysts Dubai

Internal Customers:

• Direct report - Dubai
• Finance teams – Dubai, UK
• Senior management and budget holders – Dubai
• Sales teams – Middle East
• Commercial teams; Operations, Marketing, Content, HR – Middle East
• Other staff, as necessary

External Customers:

• Suppliers
• Auditors
• Other professional advisors
• Other divisions of DMGT
• Customers

Job-Specific Skills:

• Extensive tax knowledge.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a tax manager or similar role, preferably in a corporate setting.
• Strong accounting, analytical and research expertise.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mature, proactive, resourceful and hands-on with good initiative.
• Outstanding Management skills.
• Strong knowledge of tax code, compliance, and procedures for corporations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Key Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

Technical / Functional 

• Membership of a recognized accounting professional body preferred (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA) with 3 - 5 years post qualified experience
• Experience of managing a direct report
• Experience of working with overseas offices
• Commercially focused with commercial finance experience
• Proven track record in developing, cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with senior business leaders that enables open and collaborative communication
• Strong project management skills
• Advanced Excel skills to Macro and pivot table level,
• Experience in relevant systems useful (Salesforce, PowerBI, FinancialForce)

Personal Attributes / Interpersonal

• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, friendly approachable manner
• Self-motivated, conscientious and driven
• Administration and Organisation
• Time Management
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Ability to work within a target driven marketplace
• Self-motivated / Innovative / Creative
• Good team working ethics
• Confident & real ‘can-do’ attitude,
• A flexible, pragmatic and common-sense approach
• Patience and an ability to communicate clear and concise instructions
• Enthusiastic with a strong desire to succeed
• Strong attention to detail
• A willingness to travel
• Language capabilities – desirable but not mandatory
• A familiarity with CRM software such as Salesforce - advantage but not essential

Key Success Criteria

• Ability to work with all departments
• A team player
• Good communicator
• Ownership
• Willingness to succeed

"Please take the time to read the job description, you must meet all the criteria set out above for your application to be considered. We do check all applications and suitable candidates will be contacted within 5 days. If you are not contacted by us within 5 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time."

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