Finance Manager - Commodity Trading & Petroleum

About the role

A highly experienced Finance Manager is sought to lead the finance, accounting, reporting and commercial finance functions of a commodity trading and petroleum business in Qatar. The role works closely with trading, commercial, operations and executive leadership to provide financial insight, ensure reporting accuracy and strengthen governance. Direct experience in crude oil trading, petroleum trading, refineries, fuel trading, bunkering, petrochemicals or commodity trading is mandatory.

Key responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual financial close; prepare and review IFRS-compliant statements and management reports
• Manage budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning and financial performance analysis; oversee consolidations, reconciliations and statutory reporting
• Coordinate external audits and liaise with auditors, banks and regulators
• Validate commodity trading transactions, monitor trade-level and desk-level profitability, and oversee mark-to-market valuation and hedge accounting
• Review trade settlements, accruals, inventory valuations, landed costs and trade expenses; assess commercial contracts and pricing
• Ensure integrity between CTRM/ETRM platforms and ERP, and lead finance system enhancements and automation
• Build internal controls, lead financial risk assessments and drive continuous improvement
• Lead and mentor finance and accounting teams and present performance updates to executive leadership

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline; CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA or equivalent; MBA Finance preferred
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive finance, accounting, audit or commercial finance experience
• Mandatory experience in crude oil, petroleum, refinery, fuel, bunkering, petrochemical or commodity trading finance
• Proven experience supporting traders and commercial teams on pricing and profitability
• Direct experience in one of the listed trading or petroleum sectors; candidates from other industries will not be considered unless they have commodity trading or petroleum finance experience
• Big 4 background highly preferred

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of IFRS and IFRS 9
• Experience with CTRM/ETRM platforms and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamics 365 or Hyperion
• Trade accounting, MTM valuation, treasury and trade finance, FP&A, budgeting and forecasting, risk management and internal controls