Element has an opportunity for a Finance Manager to join the Element team in KSA.

In this role, you are providing commercial support to the country General Manager (GM) preparing credible financial forecasts, budgets and full-fill statutory accounting obligations, applying controls in business management.

This role will be based in Dammam, KSA

• Provide commercial support to the country General Manager (GM), managing monthly financials / budgets / forecasts to group consolidation system , while analysing business performance against key business metrics and track progress against budgets improving financial performance
• Operate as a member of the management team of the laboratory business, monitoring and enforcing internal controls and compliances while concluding all statutory obligations from an accounting point of view 
• Provide coaching to the operations management team on financial principles, and on addressing financial enquiries
• Manage the direct and indirect taxation of the laboratory / business
• Work with the credit control team for improved collections.
• Work with the shared services team for continuous improvement in the processing of transactions and meeting deadlines in group reporting obligations and monthly and year end accounts
• Identify, investigate and analyse potential operational improvement as appropriate, based on findings make proposal for operational changes (policy, procedures, processes etc.)
• Evaluate capex proposals commercially and advise the local management
• Work closely with the JV partners 

• A career accounting / finance professional with 10 year relevant experience out of which the last 3 is in a managerial capacity within an MNC
• A graduate in accounting and CA or CPA or ICWA along with experience in Navision / related desirable
• Should be a good communicator with a flair for numbers,and able to work well as a team ,aggressively anticipating impacts of workload issues to team deadlines, and have a very positive work attitude 
• Strong experience in Profit and loss statement analysis, and financial controls , ERP systems managment 
• Strong organisational, analytical and interpersonal skills working with people from different cultures and culturally sensitive

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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