Specialist practice
Finance & Professional Services Recruitment
Every business needs a strong back office, and these hires are often the hardest to get right. We recruit finance, legal, HR, risk and operations people for companies of all sizes in Dubai and the UAE.
We'll ask how your finance or support function is set up, who the person will report to and which systems they'll use, whether that's SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or something smaller. A tax manager for a group working through UAE corporate tax needs different experience from one in a single-company business. We find people who have handled your kind of setup before.
We recruit for finance and professional roles. We aren't a financial services firm. Some roles in DIFC, ADGM or Central Bank regulated firms need your own regulator's approval, and that stays with you as the employer.
Who we help
- Family groups and growing companies building a finance team
- Multinationals running a regional office from Dubai
- Professional services firms
- Businesses hiring HR, legal or compliance people for the first time
Roles and areas we cover
- Accounting
- FP&A
- Audit
- Tax
- Treasury
- Corporate Finance
- Banking
- Compliance
- Risk
- Legal
- HR
- Administration
- Business Operations
How we can help
Permanent recruitment
You're hiring for the long term. We find, vet and introduce people, and you employ them directly.
Executive search
For director and head-of roles we run a confidential search and approach people who aren't on the market.
Contract hiring
You need someone for a fixed period, to cover a gap or see a programme through. We find and introduce them, and you employ them on a fixed-term contract.
Project-based hiring
A new contract or tender means several hires at once. We plan the roles and timing with you and fill them together. Everyone we introduce joins your payroll, not ours.
You employ the people we introduce. Whether the role is permanent, fixed-term or part of a project, the person joins your company and your payroll. We don't employ, sponsor or second staff ourselves.
For finance and professional services professionals
If you work in finance and professional services and you're thinking about your next move in the Gulf, send us your CV. We'll tell you honestly about the roles we're working on and where you'd fit, and we'll only put you forward with your agreement. We never charge candidates a fee.
See Finance & Professional Services jobs
Questions people ask
Which locations do you cover?
We recruit for roles in Dubai and the rest of the UAE, and we can talk to you about roles elsewhere in the GCC.
What level of roles do you recruit?
From experienced specialists and coordinators up to heads of department. For director-level and C-suite roles, our Executive Search practice runs a confidential search.
How do fees work?
Employers pay us. We'll set out our terms in writing before we start. Candidates never pay.