Tadawul
Financial Control Manager
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
- Urgent
Job expiry date: 14/12/2025
Job overview
Date posted
30/10/2025
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
14/12/2025
Job description
The Financial Control Manager will oversee all aspects of financial control, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across financial operations. The role is responsible for managing daily accounting activities, maintaining a robust internal control framework, and ensuring alignment with IFRS and regulatory requirements. This position requires strong technical accounting expertise, leadership capabilities, and the ability to manage financial processes end-to-end ā including journal entries, reconciliations, month-end closings, and financial reporting. The Financial Control Manager will also lead process improvement initiatives, system implementations, and team development while maintaining strict compliance with internal and external audit requirements. Operating at the intersection of control and strategy, this role plays a vital part in safeguarding company assets and driving operational excellence within the finance function.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Supervise day-to-day financial operations, including journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end closing activities
- Ensure financial transactions comply with accounting policies and IFRS standards
- Maintain and monitor the general ledger, ensuring consistency with reporting and regulatory requirements
- Develop, implement, and oversee internal financial controls to safeguard assets and enhance compliance
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes to deliver accurate and timely financial statements
- Review and approve reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts and resolve discrepancies
- Stay current with updates in accounting standards and evaluate their implications on internal processes
- Support the preparation of financial and regulatory reports by providing accurate accounting data
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation within the financial control framework
- Manage financial system upgrades or implementations to strengthen reporting efficiency and accuracy
- Ensure compliance with audit requirements and provide accurate documentation to auditors
- Set performance objectives for team members, provide feedback, and oversee professional development
- Ensure adherence to company policies, confidentiality standards, and risk management procedures
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across the finance team
Experience & skills
- Bachelorās degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline (Masterās degree preferred)
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in accounting or financial control, preferably within financial institutions or capital markets
- Strong understanding of IFRS and regulatory reporting requirements
- Proven experience in leading financial closing cycles, reconciliations, and internal control frameworks
- Hands-on experience with financial systems and ERP platforms
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities to guide and develop finance teams
- Experience managing audits and liaising with external and internal auditors
- Ability to identify control gaps, propose solutions, and implement process efficiencies
- Attention to detail, accuracy, and integrity in all financial matters
