Chief Financial Officer (Single Family Office) - Bahrain

About the role

A multi-generational business family is moving its finance and investment operations in-house after previously using an external third-party provider, and is opening an operational office in Bahrain. The CFO is the most senior hire in this build-out, working closely with the Principal to take over portfolio management, set up the finance function from scratch and own financial management and reporting. The initial team is lean, with room to grow.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the handover of finance, reporting and records from the external provider to the in-house team.
• Design and implement the finance operating model, including policies, processes, systems and chart of accounts.
• Recruit, lead and develop the team and shape the function as the office grows.
• Own financial reporting for the family office and its holding entities, including consolidated financial statements, and deliver timely management reporting to the principal.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and local regulatory requirements.
• Produce consolidated portfolio reporting, monitor performance, exposures and risk, and support investment decisions with analysis, valuations and due diligence.
• Manage cash, liquidity and FX, plan capital calls and distributions, and optimise banking arrangements.
• Set up internal controls with segregation of duties, prepare the annual budget and forecasts, and lead the external audit.
• Act as main contact for banks, custodians, fund administrators and investment managers, and oversee onboarding, documentation, fees and reporting from external providers.

Required profile

• 10+ years of post-qualification finance experience, ideally in a single- or multi-family office, investment holding company, private investment firm or asset manager.
• Fully qualified accountant.
• Strong understanding of investments across public and private markets and alternatives.
• Hands-on, self-sufficient style, comfortable building processes from scratch in a lean team.
• Clear communicator, commercially minded and detail-focused, with absolute discretion and integrity.
• Based in Bahrain.