CMC Markets is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Head of Finance to lead and manage the Finance function for the Middle East. This is a senior leadership role responsible for ensuring robust financial management, planning, compliance, and the continued modernisation of finance operations, while acting as a trusted business partner to the Executive team.
You will play a pivotal role in supporting growth, shaping strategic decision-making, and strengthening financial governance within a complex, regulated financial services environment.
Business Partnering & Strategy
- Provide financial insight and recommendations to support strategic initiatives, projects, and programmes that drive growth and maximise business impact.
- Set, monitor, and challenge financial and non-financial performance targets across operational and strategic activities.
- Lead finance oversight for key projects, including new product initiatives, strategic partnerships, and M&A activity.
- Partner closely with senior leaders and the Executive to support business development through robust financial modelling and analysis.
- Build strong relationships across the Group, including with the Board and Executive Committee, ensuring Finance is central to decision-making.
Financial Management, Risk & Control
- Ensure strong financial management, control, and governance across the business.
- Lead delivery of the year-end audit and half-year review, acting as the primary interface with external auditors.
- Oversee the preparation of statutory accounts and support audit deliverables.
- Take responsibility for procurement, vendor management, and outsourcing arrangements.
- Work closely with HR, Tax, Treasury, and Prudential Regulation teams to ensure accurate payroll, tax compliance, effective treasury management, and regulatory reporting.
Experience
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or Equivalent) with 10+ years post-qualified experience.
- Significant senior finance leadership experience within financial services.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and challenge at Executive level.
- Strategic, analytical, and innovative thinker with excellent problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management capability.
- High level of personal drive, accountability, and motivation to deliver results through others
Skills Required
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or Equivalent)
- 10+ years post-qualified experience
- Significant senior finance leadership experience within financial services
- Strong commercial acumen
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management capability
What We Do
CMC Markets is a leading global provider of online trading and investing, with a comprehensive retail, professional and institutional offering. Established in 1989, headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange, we have offices in Australia, China, Singapore, and across Europe. Over 1m traders and investors* worldwide have access to our proprietary platforms, native mobile trading apps, and MetaTrader 4. Our clients can trade on a huge range of financial instruments through our award-winning spread betting, CFD and share trading platforms**. We provide transparent, competitive pricing, market insights, and dedicated, 24/5 customer service. *1.388 million unique user logins for the CMC Markets invest and CFD platforms globally, as at August 2023. **Awards include: No.1 Web Platform & No.1 Most Currency Pairs, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2023; Best Forex Broker, Good Money Guide Awards 2023; Best In-House Analysts, Professional Trader Awards 2023; CFD Provider of the Year, Investors' Chronicle/Financial Times Celebration of Investment Awards 2023; No.1 Platform Technology, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2022; Best Mobile Trading Platform, ADVFN International Financial Awards 2022. Disclaimer: Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 68% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets, CFDs, OTC options or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Professional clients: Countdowns carry risk to any capital invested. These products are not suitable for all investors. CMC does not endorse, control or take responsibility for any third party content on or linked to this account. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment or other advice on which reliance should be placed
