Regional Controller MENA (Saudi Nationals Only)📣 Job Ad

About Marsh and the Opportunity

Marsh is a global leader in risk, strategy, and people, advising clients in over 130 countries. With approximately 85,000 colleagues worldwide, Marsh operates through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. This full-time position is for a Regional Controller – MENA, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is exclusively open to Saudi nationals.

The role is central to the controllership function, supporting Marsh's consulting businesses, Oliver Wyman and Mercer, across the MENA region. Both businesses are scaling significantly through acquisitions, organic growth, and entry into new country markets. This creates an opportunity for a senior finance professional to shape and strengthen the financial control framework across a rapidly growing portfolio. The Regional Controller will act as a key finance partner to senior leadership, ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and commercial insight across a complex, multi-entity, and multi-country operation.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the regional controllership function for Oliver Wyman and Mercer across MENA.
• Manage monthly close, financial consolidation, and group reporting in line with global timelines and standards.
• Oversee statutory reporting, budgeting, and forecasting across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial reporting across the regional portfolio.
• Lead revenue recognition for consulting and project-based engagements, including work-in-progress management, percentage-of-completion accounting, and IFRS 15 compliance.
• Oversee regional tax compliance, with particular focus on applicable Saudi corporate income tax, Zakat, and VAT requirements in KSA and across the GCC.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls and governance frameworks appropriate for a large global organization.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to senior leaders, partners, and business heads, communicating financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Support acquisitions, integrations, and new-country setups as the consulting businesses continue to expand, helping to build the financial infrastructure required for regional growth.

Mandatory Qualifications and Experience

• Saudi national – this vacancy is open exclusively to citizens of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, CA, or an equivalent recognized designation.
• Approximately 10–16 years of progressive finance experience, with a strong focus on financial controllership.
• Proven controllership experience within a large multinational and matrixed organization.
• Strong revenue recognition expertise, ideally gained in consulting, professional services, or another project-based business, with practical knowledge of IFRS, particularly IFRS 15.
• Middle East tax knowledge, specifically Saudi VAT, corporate income tax, and Zakat requirements, as well as GCC VAT regimes.
• Experience managing finance operations across multiple countries and legal entities.
• Strong understanding of statutory reporting, financial consolidation, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with and influence senior stakeholders, including partners and business leaders.

Desired Skills and Attributes

• Commercially minded, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insight.
• Credible and confident communicator who can build trust with senior leadership.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Collaborative, with a track record of working effectively across functions, countries, and reporting lines.
• Comfortable balancing technical controllership requirements with broader commercial priorities.
• Previous experience in management consulting or professional services is beneficial.
• Experience with Oracle, SAP, HFM/Hyperion, or comparable ERP and consolidation systems is preferred.
• Familiarity with KSA payroll, labor requirements, and Saudization or localization programs is an advantage.

The Role Offers

• A senior finance role within a global professional services organization.
• Exposure to two of Marsh’s highest-growth businesses in the region: Oliver Wyman and Mercer.
• The opportunity to shape regional financial operations during a period of significant expansion.
• Close partnership with senior business and finance leaders across KSA and MENA.
• A collaborative, high-caliber, and internationally connected working environment.
• Long-term career development within a global organization.

Work Location and Employment Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires the ability to work from Riyadh and partner closely with KSA-based leadership while supporting continued expansion across the Gulf and wider MENA region.