Finance Manager MEA

The role

You will lead finance for the Middle East and Africa region. You will own financial management for regional entities and partner with commercial teams on government clients and industrial investment projects.

What you will do

• Own financial management of the region's entities including accounting, controlling, and closings
• Run vendor invoicing, payroll entries and payments
• Coordinate local tax, statutory compliance and audits with advisors
• Support the intercompany framework including invoicing and transfer pricing documentation
• Manage local banking relationships and cash positions
• Structure and manage letters of credit, guarantees and trade finance instruments
• Design financing solutions for specific projects and countries with banking partners
• Set up banking and finance for new entities in the region
• Act as finance business partner to sales, business development and marketing teams
• Build and maintain long-term business plans supporting industrial investment projects

Required qualifications

• Around 10 years of senior finance experience, including ownership of multiple legal entities in an international group
• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business
• Solid accounting, controlling and corporate finance foundations
• Hands-on experience with trade finance: letters of credit, bank guarantees and financing structuring
• Deep knowledge of the Moroccan banking and administrative environment, with exposure to Gulf and other MEA markets
• Experience as finance partner to commercial teams
• Autonomy, rigor and pragmatism when working far from headquarters
• Fluency in French and English

Nice to have

• Master's or local accounting qualification
• Work with government or institutional clients
• Arabic

About the company

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. The company is valued at $1.4 billion following a $200M Series B.