Finance Manager, Banking

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role / Department

Responsible for the delivery of all Finance services in the Middle East with entities in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. The Finance Country Head, is a key business partner in the location and will work with Line of Business heads and functional leads to achieve Northern Trust\'s business goals in the region.

Reporting into a member of the EMEA Finance Leadership Team, the Finance Country Head will be responsible for supporting the delivery and oversight of all Finance functions with the role is located in Riyadh, KSA.

The successful candidate will have excellent people management skills and provide effective oversight for financial processes outsourced to group affiliates. Individuals with previous Financial Service industry experience are of particular interest for the role.

The key responsibilities of the role include :

• Oversight of all business finance activities, serving the global finance function heads, regional management, regulators, tax authorities and other local stakeholders and to provide leadership and guidance to the planning, organization, direction and control of the Finance function.
• Primary and direct responsibility for planning, overseeing and directing the activities of the
• Finance function towards achievement of the Corporation\'s objectives and for timely briefing and reporting on Finance matters to both management and appropriate governance bodies including Boards and Delegated Committees.
• Reporting to The Northern Trust Company of Saudi Arabia Board, manage the preparation and completion of all applicable financial statements, financial reports including submissions to the regulators both in the KSA and Abu Dhabi.
• Responsibility for the production and integrity of the locations financial information and its regulatory reporting in respect of its regulated activities. This includes supporting local payroll and other local related administration activity.
• Management of the allocation and maintenance of capital, funding and liquidity.
• Primary responsibility for understanding and managing the risk inherent to the Finance function and for taking reasonable steps to ensure the adequacy of the control and governance arrangements within that function.
• Ensure the requirements of the Finance function are properly supported by a robust infrastructure and that adequate resources, systems and controls are in place to comply with all applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, corporate policies and NT corporate governance standards.
• Manage key external relationships with the Capital Markets Authority, External Auditors and other key outside stakeholders and government bodies.

Skills / Qualifications

The successful candidate will benefit from having :

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

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Reasonable accommodation

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We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

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