William Grant & Sons
Commercial Finance Manager - Middle East & Indian Subcontinent (12 month contract)
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This 12-month fixed term contract maternity cover role sits at the heart of our BBU Finance team, supporting one of the most diverse and dynamic regions in our business.
The role is designed for someone who can step in quickly, take ownership from day one and provide continuity across core finance activities while building strong remote working relationships with a team based in Dubai. Working closely with the Regional Head of Finance, you’ll support markets across the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, helping shape financial performance and provide insight that enables strong commercial and strategic decisions.
This is a chance to make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing, high-profile part of the organisation during a key period of cover.
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- You will manage core financial processes across the region, ensuring accurate monthly results and supporting local teams to meet key reporting and planning deadlines.
- You will lead the coordination of budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans, helping markets align to regional strategy.
As a trusted partner to the commercial and marketing teams, you will provide clear analysis, challenge performance and highlight risks and opportunities, with a particular focus on effective remote business partnering with the Dubai-based team. You will also play an important role in strengthening governance and compliance, working closely with the controls team and helping refine processes that improve how we operate.
Our ideal candidate will bring:
- Strong commercial finance experience
- Sound judgement
- The confidence to operate independently across multiple markets and stakeholders
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Given this is a 12-month maternity cover, you can successfully jump straight into the role, quickly understand the regional context, and build credibility with senior stakeholders.
- You are highly comfortable partnering remotely, maintaining strong communication and connection with a Dubai-based team while managing competing priorities at pace.
- You enjoy simplifying complexity, using insight to guide decision-making and bringing a proactive, solution-focused mindset to a broad and varied role.
Please note that this role requires a minimum of 4 days per week to be worked from our offices in Richmond, London.
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