Regional Financial Controller Manager

About the role

Omnicom Media Group MENA (OMG MENA) is looking for a Regional Financial Controller Manager to join the Finance Reporting Team. The role reports to the Finance Director and works closely with the VP of Finance, who oversees the reporting and commercial finance team. It is based in Lebanon.

Key responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor and first point of contact for a portfolio of countries, giving financial and commercial guidance to country CFOs and liaising with local senior management
• Understand each country's financial performance, risks and upside, and present these findings to the Regional CFO
• Review and analyse actual, quarterly and annual plan results reported by countries, with a strong focus on meeting financial targets
• Report to the Global Finance Team in New York, prioritising requests and questions and maintaining a productive relationship
• Ensure countries meet financial calendar deadlines and keep the financial process moving smoothly
• Work with stakeholders across the network (tax, legal, etc.) and on ad hoc projects such as integration requests, cost-saving initiatives, restructuring, property reviews, working capital, affiliate management and dividends
• Potential involvement in M&A projects such as acquisitions, divestments and share buy-backs

Required profile

• Strong accounting skills; previous experience in a media environment is a plus
• Good working knowledge of US GAAP
• Organised, able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to gather, manipulate and analyse data from multiple sources
• Strong communication skills, confident with finance leadership and non-finance contacts, able to present clearly to C-Suite level
• Fluent English; Arabic is a plus
• Previous group experience dealing with local finance teams is an advantage

Required skills

• Strong Excel skills; macro skills preferable
• OneStream knowledge is a plus