Finance Manager MEA

Job description

### **About Us** Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces. Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected. ## **About the Role** As Finance Manager MEA, you lead finance for Harmattan AI's Middle East and Africa region, based in Morocco and covering the region. You start as the single finance owner and build a team of country finance correspondents as the footprint grows. You partner with commercial teams on government clients and on the financing of industrial investment projects. ## **Responsibilities** **Finance & Accounting** - Own financial management of the region's entities: accounting, controlling, and monthly and annual closings on the Group calendar. - Run vendor invoicing, payroll entries and payments within Group controls. - Coordinate local tax, statutory compliance and audits with advisors across the region. - Support the intercompany framework: invoicing, management fees and transfer pricing documentation. **Trade Finance & Banking** - Manage local banking relationships and cash positions, in coordination with Group Treasury. - Structure and manage letters of credit, guarantees and trade finance instruments for government contracts. - Design financing solutions for specific projects and countries with banking partners. - Set up banking and finance for new entities created in the region. **Business Partnering & Growth** - Act as finance business partner to sales, business development and marketing teams. - Build and maintain long-term business plans supporting industrial investment projects. - Support the financial ramp-up of industrial projects, working in project mode with operational teams. ## **Candidate Requirements** - Around 10 years of senior finance experience, including ownership of multiple legal entities in an international group. - Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business; a Master's or local accounting qualification is preferred. - Solid accounting, controlling and corporate finance foundations, including month-end closings and coordination of external firms. - Hands-on experience with trade finance: letters of credit, bank guarantees and financing structuring. - Deep knowledge of the Moroccan banking and administrative environment, with exposure to Gulf and other MEA markets. - Experience as finance partner to commercial teams; work with government or institutional clients is a plus. - Autonomy, rigor and pragmatism when working far from headquarters. - Fluency in French and English is required; Arabic is a plus. We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.