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.

• 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.