Commercial Finance Manager - Middle East & Indian Subcontinent

This 12-month fixed term contract maternity cover role sits at the heart of our BBU Finance team, supporting one of the most diverse and dynamic regions in our business. 

The role is designed for someone who can step in quickly, take ownership from day one and provide continuity across core finance activities while building strong remote working relationships with a team based in Dubai. Working closely with the Regional Head of Finance, you’ll support markets across the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, helping shape financial performance and provide insight that enables strong commercial and strategic decisions.

This is a chance to make a meaningful impact in a fast‑growing, high‑profile part of the organisation during a key period of cover.

Key responsibilities

You will manage core financial processes across the region, ensuring accurate monthly results and supporting local teams to meet key reporting and planning deadlines. You will lead the coordination of budgets, forecasts and long-term plans, helping markets align to regional strategy. 

As a trusted partner to the commercial and marketing teams, you will provide clear analysis, challenge performance and highlight risks and opportunities, with a particular focus on effective remote business partnering with the Dubai-based team. You will also play an important role in strengthening governance and compliance, working closely with the controls team and helping refine processes that improve how we operate.

About you

You bring strong commercial finance experience, sound judgement and the confidence to operate independently across multiple markets and stakeholders. 

Given this is a 12-month maternity cover, you can successfully jump straight into the role, quickly understand the regional context and build credibility with senior stakeholders. 

You are highly comfortable partnering remotely, maintaining strong communication and connection with a Dubai-based team while managing competing priorities at pace. You enjoy simplifying complexity, using insight to guide decision-making and bringing a proactive, solution-focused mindset to a broad and varied role.

Reward and benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.