Finance Manager - Travel and Tourism

Position Title: Finance Manager – Travel and Tourism Employment Type: Full-Time Job Location: Dubai, UAE About the Client: A Dubai-based travel company with more than 20 years of experience delivering exceptional holiday experiences worldwide. Job Description: - Lead the Finance Department and overseeing AP, AR, GL, reconciliations, month-end closing, collections, and supplier payments. - Manage the financial operations of a high-volume travel business, ensuring accurate and timely processing of customer payments, supplier/airline/hotel settlements, refunds, commissions and other travel-related transactions. - Take ownership of cash flow, bank positions, working capital, budgets, forecasts and monthly management reporting, providing management with accurate financial information for business decisions. - Establish and strengthen financial controls, policies, and procedures, ensuring compliance with UAE VAT, accounting standards, audit requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; professional qualifications such as CA, ACCA, CMA or CPA are an advantage. - Minimum 5–8 years of progressive finance/accounting experience, including proven experience supervising an accounting or finance team. - Strong preference for experience within travel & tourism, travel agencies, OTAs, ticketing/booking businesses, hospitality, e-commerce or another high-volume transaction environment. - Strong hands-on knowledge of ERP/accounting systems, AP/AR, GL, financial reporting, cash-flow management, budgeting, forecasting, VAT and audit coordination; Arabic communication skills required.