Our client is a federal entity located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The entity is seeking an experienced finance and accounting professional to take on the role of CFO for a 2 year assignment. The incumbent will be a leading and key member of the Management team reporting directly to the CEO. The incumbent will assume a strategic role in the overall management of the company, as well as, a tactical role that involves primary day-to-day responsibility for many finance related activities of the company. RESPONSIBILITIES • Provide leadership in the development of both short and long-term strategic financial objectives • Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance and Administration functions of the organization • Provide leadership surrounding investment portfolio management (from Finance perspective), development of MIS, cash flow management and system integration • Establish and maintain good communication and strong relationships with other executives and departments so as to provide comprehensive business solutions • Overall development of the Finance and Administration function by implementing best practices REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Fluent Arabic speaker • BS in Accounting or Finance with an MBA and/or CPA/CA/ACCA • 15+ years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles • Strong understanding of the IT component of the position • Sound interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization is essential • Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses • High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientated
It is observed that some people start their job from lower ranks and remain in lower ranks for the long period of time while others start their job in lower ranks and use that low rank as their launching pad and start flying in a very short time. Actually the people who got rapid promotion have some capabilities and one could develop those capabilities in him so that he could get the rapid promotion in the job. Some of these capabilities are mentioned here under:
Continuously improve the qualification: It is the best tool which could come to help you to progress in your rank to have the higher qualifications. No doubt learning with earning is not an easy job. But once you get determined than you could get the task done in desired way.
Keenly observe the field and try to understand the technical tasks: It is observed that those people rise in their rank that could handle the technical aspects of their job in right way. Therefore, it is suggested to keep those secrets of job with you as soon as possible.
Try to show your worth to higher authorities: After getting good qualification and knowing the technical aspects of your job, it is good idea to give a good presentation to higher authorities so that you could get entered your name in the good book of higher authorities. In this way you could get the big boost in the promotion.