Finance Controller

Role Overview

Finance Controller at Bosch, based in the United Arab Emirates. You will lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting for the UAE legal entity while partnering with operations and regional leadership to drive business performance.

Company Overview

Bosch is a global technology company shaping beneficial innovations across mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology, and energy and building technology. The company operates with a value-driven culture centered on innovation, integrity, and people-centric values.

Role Purpose

To lead and coordinate financial closing, planning, forecasting, and performance management for the UAE legal entity. You will provide financial insights and decision support to drive business steering, ensure compliance with Bosch guidelines, and optimize financial reporting and controlling processes.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Closing & Reporting

• Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities for the UAE legal entity, ensuring compliance with Bosch financial guidelines and reporting requirements.
• Prepare, analyze, and review financial statements, management reports, and key performance indicators, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
• Support internal and external audits as well as statutory and corporate reporting requirements.
• Maintain and continuously improve financial reporting, forecasting, and controlling processes.

Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting

• Drive planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes, including monthly sales forecasts, profitability projections, and cash flow outlooks.
• Develop recommendations and support implementation of corrective actions to achieve business and financial objectives.

Financial Performance & Analysis

• Monitor financial performance against targets, analyze deviations, and identify risks and opportunities to support proactive business steering.
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analyses, business cases, profitability evaluations, and scenario simulations for management decision-making.
• Ensure transparency of sales performance, gross margin development, operating expenses, working capital, and overall P&L performance.

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering

• Partner closely with Sales, Operations, Logistics, and regional management to provide financial insights and decision support.
• Collaborate with local, regional, and global stakeholders in an international business environment.

Systems & Process Optimization

• Ensure data consistency and process integrity across ERP and reporting systems, primarily SAP and iScala.
• Actively contribute to process optimization, automation, and digitalization initiatives within Finance and Controlling.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Controlling, Finance Business Partnering, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), or a comparable finance function.
• Strong understanding of month-end closing, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and management accounting processes.
• Proven experience in sales forecasting, financial planning, and business performance analysis.
• Solid knowledge of financial statements, P&L management, balance sheet analysis, and cash flow steering.

Skills & Competencies

• Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP and iScala.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and reporting/BI tools (e.g., Power BI, SAC, OneStream).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
• Business-oriented mindset with the ability to act as a trusted finance partner to management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills in a multicultural environment.
• Self-driven, proactive, and able to work independently while managing multiple priorities.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Additional Information

• Hybrid Flexibility: Balance of office-based work with remote options.
• Global Exposure: Business travel and flexible hours to collaborate across international markets and high-priority projects.
• Career Growth: Access to professional development opportunities and leadership exposure.
• Work Environment: Fast-paced and dynamic, requiring adaptability and strategic thinking in a collaborative, supportive team environment that values innovation and excellence.