Head of Finance

About the company

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare, employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Important note

Please note: Only candidates with extensive healthcare finance experience will be considered.

About the role

HealthHub is seeking a highly experienced Head of Finance with a strong healthcare background, Arabic language capability, and deep FP&A expertise to lead the financial strategy and operations across the division.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this role will be critical in driving performance, supporting growth, and providing strategic financial leadership across multiple healthcare entities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead all financial planning & analysis (FP&A) activities including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Oversee monthly management reporting and financial performance analysis, ensuring accuracy and timely insights
• Drive business performance reviews, identifying risks, opportunities, and cost optimisation strategies
• Lead financial modelling and feasibility studies for new clinics, expansions, and investments
• Support and contribute to mergers, acquisitions, and investment activities, including financial due diligence and business case evaluation (highly desirable)
• Ensure robust financial governance, internal controls, and compliance frameworks across the healthcare division
• Manage group reporting, audit, tax, and regulatory requirements
• Partner closely with executive leadership to deliver data-driven decision-making and strategy execution
• Develop and implement SOPs, DoA, and financial policies to support operational excellence
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team across multiple entities

Mandatory requirements (essential)

• Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory
• Proven experience in the healthcare sector (hospitals, clinics, or healthcare groups is required)
• Strong and demonstrable expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is essential
• Minimum 10–15+ years of finance experience, including senior leadership roles
• Experience managing multi-entity or group-level finance operations

Highly desirable

• Exposure to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), due diligence, and integration projects
• Experience supporting expansion strategies, new market entry, or investor-led growth environments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, or CFA is strongly preferred

Skills & competencies

• Exceptional financial modelling, budgeting, and forecasting skills
• Strong commercial acumen with a business partnering mindset
• Advanced ERP knowledge (e.g., SAP) and financial reporting tools
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• High level of integrity, leadership, and accountability

What we offer

• Opportunity to lead finance in a rapidly growing healthcare organisation
• Strategic exposure to senior leadership, M&A activities, and business transformation projects
• Competitive salary and benefits package

About Al-Futtaim Healthcare

We hear your ambition.

For over 90 years, the Al-Futtaim Group has been bringing the world’s leading brands of lifestyle watches, cars, home furnishings, and fashion to the UAE. The Group has now introduced a whole new way of holistic healthcare through HealthHub Clinics by Al-Futtaim, its multi-speciality chain of more than 20 clinics in Dubai with over 25 specialties offering the right combination of advanced diagnostics, proven medical expertise, and specialised services.

What gives our clinics an edge is that as a part of the Al-Futtaim Group, you can expect world-class quality standards, with access to the best medical services and facilities within a healing environment. It’s a new way of healthcare that’s designed to meet a patient’s needs with a complete range of smart healthcare solutions. As testimony to this, only recently, we’ve earned a rare milestone of being the only primary healthcare network in the UAE to receive the Gold Seal by a reputed international body: Accreditation Canada.

As trusted partners to health, we at HealthHub Clinics adopt evidence-based learning that enables us to listen to our patients more carefully. It helps us in treating the cause and not just the symptoms, while applying global best practices to ensure quality of care for every family member. Most of all, we adopt a patient-centric approach to healthcare that is reflected in the promise of our core belief: “We Hear You.”