AI-Powered Analytics Controller

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Etihad Airways is seeking a Business Support Controller to convert operational and financial data into timely insights and to develop near real-time dashboards. You will apply AI-enabled tools to strengthen analysis, forecasting and cost optimisation across Customer Care.

Responsibilities include owning the end-to-end reporting cycle, defining KPIs, building automated dashboards, and delivering executive-ready reports with clear actions for management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Finance, Economics, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field.
• 3+ years' experience in business intelligence, reporting, analytics, business support, finance or operations; experience in a complex service, airline or customer-care environment is an advantage.
• Advanced Excel and strong Power BI, Tableau, Looker or equivalent dashboarding capability; able to build automated, interactive and near real-time reporting.
• Strong analytical capability, including trend, variance, root-cause, forecasting and scenario analysis, with sound business and financial judgement.
• Practical experience using AI and automation tools for analysis, reporting and productivity, with appropriate validation, governance and data confidentiality.
• Working knowledge of data modelling, SQL, Power Query, Python or similar tools is desirable.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and data-storytelling skills; organised, curious, accurate and able to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end reporting cycle, including data extraction, validation, reconciliation, dashboard refresh, analysis and timely distribution of management reports.
• Gather and translate business requirements into clear KPIs, data definitions, reports, dashboards and analytical deliverables.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve automated, near real-time dashboards that provide a single, reliable view of performance, cost, productivity, service and customer outcomes.
• Analyse operational, financial, vendor and customer data to identify trends, root causes, risks and opportunities, and convert findings into practical recommendations for management.
• Use AI-enabled tools and automation responsibly to accelerate reporting, improve data quality, identify patterns and support forecasting, while validating outputs and maintaining appropriate data controls.
• Prepare accurate recurring and ad-hoc reports, forecasts, business cases and executive-ready presentations with clear insights, implications and recommended actions.
• Partner with internal teams and external vendors to improve data availability, reporting discipline, KPI governance and timely closure of performance actions.
• Conduct data-quality checks across source systems, resolve or elevate discrepancies, and maintain reporting logic, data sources and controls for continuity and auditability.
• Monitor expenditure, invoices, budgets and vendor performance; highlight variances and support cost optimisation and recovery opportunities.
• Evaluate business processes and systems, recommend improvements, and document reporting logic, data sources and controls to ensure continuity and auditability.
• Integrate and analyse data from multiple sources to create reliable performance views, identify relationships and provide a clear single source of truth.
• Build scalable self-service reporting solutions and automate repetitive data preparation, reconciliation and reporting activities.
• Apply descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytical techniques to explain performance, forecast outcomes and support scenario-based decisions.
• Use AI-enabled tools to summarise information, surface patterns, support forecasting and improve reporting productivity, with human validation and responsible data handling.
• Translate complex findings into concise business narratives, visualisations and recommendations for operational and leadership reviews.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Power BI

Tableau/Looker

SQL

Python

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics or related field

Tools

Power Query

SQL

Python

Job description

Etihad Airways is seeking a Business Support Controller to convert operational and financial data into timely insights and to develop near real-time dashboards. You will apply AI-enabled tools to strengthen analysis, forecasting and cost optimisation across Customer Care.

Responsibilities include owning the end-to-end reporting cycle, defining KPIs, building automated dashboards, and delivering executive-ready reports with clear actions for management.