9 Financial Leadership jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Corporate Trainer (Finance, Project Management, Sales & Marketing, & Other Disciplines)

“A mediocre trainer tells; a good trainer explains; a superior trainer demonstrates; a great trainer inspires!”

Top Quality Trainer Required

You must be a highly talented, training professional, with experience of delivering Sales & Marketing, Finance, and Project Management courses. If you are able to deliver additional courses in two, or more, of the following areas: Management & Leadership, HR Management & Training, Customer Service, Personal Development, Business Writing Skills, Microsoft Office, this would be an additional advantage

Please Note: Spearhead Training does not hire, or use, freelance Trainers.

Desired Skills & Experience

The key qualities we seek are: subject-matter expert, excellent research and technical skills, integrity, excellent communication skills, a totally ‘customer focused’ outlook, first-rate subject knowledge, excellent planning and organizing skills, and the aptitude to communicate in a dynamic and positive manner in the training room, maintains

Experience in delivering ‘Online Courses’ through Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Etc., is an advantage.

Minimum education level: Relevant Degree (Fully Attested)

You must be currently located in the UAE (Preferably Dubai), and hold a valid UAE driving licence, with your own car.

VERY IMPORTANT: Please note that applications must be submitted with:

• A professional covering letter, addressed to ‘Spearhead HR Department’ explaining clearly why you are the best candidate for the position
• The Spearhead Candidate Questionnaire (below), must also be fully completed

Applications submitted without a proper covering letter, or without answering all the questions on the Spearhead Candidate Questionnaire, will automatically be disregarded.

We trust you will understand, due to time constraints, only candidates who match certain criteria will be contacted.

If invited to an interview for a position requiring a Tertiary Qualification (Degree), you must bring a copy of the relevant Qualification fully attested by the appropriate authorities, to the interview.

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and organized individual to join our company's sister concern as a Finance Assistant.

The Finance Assistant supports the finance and accounting functions of the community-management/owners-association team. You will assist in processing and reconciling financial transactions (service-charges, vendor invoices, owner receivables), maintain accurate records, help with budgeting/forecasting for the community, and liaise with other departments (property management, owners services, compliance) to ensure smooth financial operations and high service standards for residents/owners.

Key Responsibilities

• Process, record and reconcile accounts receivable (service-charge income from owners/tenants) and accounts payable (vendors, contractors, community service providers).

• Generate invoices/charges for owners/tenants, monitor collections, follow up on arrears and assist with late-payment handling.

• Assist in preparation of the annual budget for the community (in coordination with the Community Manager and service-providers), and track actuals vs budget, highlight variances.

• Maintain accurate financial ledgers, ensure that all transactions are properly coded and recorded in the financial system.

• Assist in internal/external audits when required — preparing schedules, supporting documentation, liaising with auditors.

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Finance and Administration (F&A Director) for the anticipated $750M global Integrating HIV Services into Primary Health Care (INTEGRATE) program, funded by USAID. The program’s goal is to contribute to sustaining the gains in the HIV response and enabling pandemic preparedness and resilience in the face of other external threats by integrating current health investments for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services into existing country health systems and PHC platforms, in alignment with country priorities.

This position is subject to project award and funding.

Overall Responsibilities

The F&A Director reports to the Project Director and works closely with the project leadership team to provide high-level financial management and operations leadership, contract and grant management support, and supervisory oversight for the full financial and administrative functions of the project. They ensure that financial and operational functions support the timely and effective implementation of the project’s technical scope of work. They provide counsel to help project leadership ensure that resources are allocated and used in compliance with contractual requirements, applicable regulations, and appropriate standards and procedures.

The F&A Director will oversee the financial management and accounting for all project activities. This includes oversight of procurement, contracts and grants management, operations, and logistics. They will implement fraud and risk mitigation practices and ensure systems and processes are implemented effectively to support implementation of the award in compliance with USAID requirements. The F&A Director will liaise with the project leadership team, partners, USAID and MSH’s home office and country teams regarding any aspects of program implementation, contract management, risk management, and all other matters related to finance and administration.

Specific Responsibilities

• Lead program annual budget development process that includes managing the annual work plan, life-of-project, and activity budgets and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets; ensure the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs and that they comply with agreed policy and practices, and work with staff in developing budgets for technical activities as necessary. Revise overall and sub-budgets as needed throughout the work plan year.
• Supports the Project Director in the management of the project, aligning staff, systems, and other resources with the annual work plan and budget to provide timely, cost effective, responsive, and high quality operations and administrative support within local laws and available resources, and in an environment with adequate internal controls, adhering to contracts regulations, MSH Policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Facilitates coordination and collaboration with MSH Headquarters teams and Country Administration and Operations teams to ensure peer support, knowledge sharing, and capacity strengthening.
• Maintain systems for program budget monitoring and tracking that include financial and contractual data. Provide routine pipeline analyses to the Project leadership team and USAID, and any ad hoc reports requested by USAID or PEPFAR. In addition, perform routine financial analysis on program expenditures, documenting and monitoring overall performance, analyzing trends, identifying gaps to ensure efficient and sound project management.
• Responsible for coordination of contract management activities in collaboration with the MSH Contracts Management Team. Support program staff, home office and partners to draft, manage and monitor implementation of contracts. Provide routine progress reports to program management team.
• Collaborate with country office leads and MSH home office for preparation of budgets and budget amendments to be submitted to USAID.
• Execute management processes and methodologies to ensure results are delivered on time and within budget.
• Monitor adjustments to budgets whenever required.
• Coordinate monthly requests of funds, based on budget and cash flow projections, to ensure the program has all the necessary funds for the operations.
• Ensure timely, high-quality, and complete submission of all reporting requirements.
• Responsible for all program accounting and financial reporting systems and related reporting in compliance with USAID financial and accounting rules and regulations, including the management of multiple funding sources from USAID entities.
• Review purchase orders and confer with team leader for approval, prior to issuance of the purchase orders for program procurement of commercial goods and services within agreed upon thresholds.
• Ensure all INTEGRATE program staff are trained on USAID Rules and Regulations and compliance with the Cooperative Agreement or Contract, as well as PEPFAR reporting requirements.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of technical assistance assignments focused on strengthening the financial management, accounting, and compliance, and sub-award and grants management of local partners, as appropriate. This could include providing input to work plans, reviewing technical outputs of assignments, providing mentorship or direct support to assignments, and/or coaching teams of financial management specialists.
• Actively participate in transition planning and implementation with governments and other stakeholders.
• Rapidly start-up and roll out financial and administrative systems at a country level as buy-ins are activated in different countries.
• In collaboration with MSH Corporate Contracts, oversee the contracts and grants management team, contributing to performance management, orientation, and training on INTEGRATE requirements.
• Develop and monitor metrics for measuring grant and financial management performance of local organizations.
• Oversee and lead cost-efficient sub-awarding of multiple organizations within host countries.
• Collaborate with the Project Director to (a) ensure that project activities and management operations are implemented as per MSH Mission, values, and policies, and standard operating procedures, and local laws and regulations, and (b) to safeguard MSH’s reputation – Financial, Contractual and political integrity.
• In liaison with MSH’s FP&A and Internal Audit units, coordinates, execution of internal/external financial, operations, and program reviews or audits, and ensure timely follow up to review or audit conclusions and recommendations.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Fifteen (15) years of experience managing, in increasing roles of responsibility, finance, procurement, contracts management, logistics and/or human resource related matters for large, complex, international development activities including projects operating across multiple countries.
• Operations/operational management, including field office set up and management in LMICs.
• Contract and grants management, including for USAID-funded projects.
• Experience related to USAID activities is required. Significant experience with USG-funded global projects with regional field experience strongly desirable.
• Previous experience as a Finance Director or in a senior finance and administration position in another USAID or PEPFAR funded project highly desirable.
• Thorough knowledge of USG financial reporting and compliance requirements and USG cost principles, includingUSAIDregulations, GAAP accounting rules and grants contract management.
• Proven leadership and capacity in negotiation and conflict management.
• Strong management, interpersonal, written and oral communication (in English); mentoring, supervision, and facilitation skills; as well as the ability to network and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to organizations and conducting training.
• Demonstrated experience using financial software applications, databases and spreadsheets, including QuickBooks Enterprise, and Microsoft Office
• Ability to interact professionally in one or more relevant foreign languages (e.g., French, Spanish, Portuguese) is preferred.
• Ability to travel.

The expected salary range for this position is: $50,000.00 – $2 9,300.00 annually (U.S. locations only).

MSH considers multiple job-related factors when determining an offer, including but not limited to, business and organizational needs, candidate qualifications, internal equity, location, and internal budget.

Salary is just one of many aspects of our total rewards package; at MSH, our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive set of competitive benefits that includes a substantial vacation, sick and holiday policies, training and development programs, competitive insurance coverage for health, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401k plan, Flexible Spending Account, among others.

The selected candidate is expected to work from one of MSH’s offices in the US.

MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan.

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Finance trainer - for Financial Risk Management and Business Continuity workshop

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 10/08/2025

• Understanding and classifying financial risks
• Risk assessment, mitigation, and control strategies
• Business continuity planning and crisis management
• Case studies and interactive exercises

• Degree or certification in Finance, Risk, or Business Management
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional or training experience
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills
• Must be available to deliver the training in person at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

• Updated CV or professional profile
• Relevant training experience
• Proposed hourly rate (inclusive of course content preparation, outline development, and transport costs)

We are seeking an experienced Freelance Trainer to conduct a 3-day workshop on Financial Risk Management and Business Continuity for a group of professionals in Abu Dhabi. The trainer will be responsible for delivering engaging, practical, and results-oriented sessions.

Course Overview:

This workshop is designed to enhance participants’ understanding of how to identify, assess, and manage financial risks while developing robust business continuity plans to ensure operational resilience.

Indicative Learning Areas:

The final course content and detailed outline are expected to be provided by the trainer.

• Understanding and classifying financial risks
• Risk assessment, mitigation, and control strategies
• Business continuity planning and crisis management
• Case studies and interactive exercises

Trainer Requirements:

• Degree or certification in Finance, Risk, or Business Management
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional or training experience
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills
• Must be available to deliver the training in person at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Interested trainers are invited to apply with the following:

• Updated CV or professional profile
• Relevant training experience
• Proposed hourly rate (inclusive of course content preparation, outline development, and transport costs)

Understanding and classifying financial risks

Risk assessment, mitigation, and control strategies

Business continuity planning and crisis management

Case studies and interactive exercises

Degree or certification in Finance, Risk, or Business Management

Minimum 5 years of relevant professional or training experience

Strong presentation and facilitation skills

Must be available to deliver the training in person at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Updated CV or professional profile

Relevant training experience

Proposed hourly rate (inclusive of course content preparation, outline development, and transport costs)