Assistant FP&A Manager

Confidential; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential seeks an accomplished FP&A leader to drive planning, reporting and strategic insights from Dubai. You will own budgets, forecasts and long-term plans, delivering actionable dashboards and reports for senior management.

You will develop financial models, perform variance analyses, and partner with Sales, Operations and Finance to steer business decisions leveraging AI-enabled analytics.

Qualifications

• CA/ACCA/CMA designation is required.
• 7+ years of FP&A and reporting experience.
• Experience with SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Implement and enhance FP&A reporting, dashboards and management reports.
• Develop financial models, scenarios and sensitivity analyses.
• Coordinate budgets, forecasts and long-term financial plans.
• Perform variance analyses and identify drivers.
• Drive AI-enabled forecasting and automation in FP&A.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and business insights.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

DAX

Financial Modeling

Advanced Excel

Education

CA/ACCA/CMA certifications

Tools

SAP

SAP Analytics Cloud

Excel

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Implementation and continuous enhancement of Power BI dashboards and automated management reports.

Develop and maintain financial and operational data models, SQL, DAX measures and Power BI reporting solutions.

Automate manual reporting processes and identify opportunities for FP&A process improvement and digital transformation.

Coordinate and prepare annual budgets, forecasts and long-term financial plans.

Perform monthly actual vs. budget, forecast and prior-year variance analysis and identify key business drivers.

Prepare and analyse sales performance by business unit, brand, branch, product and customer.

Analyse revenue, sales volume, ASP, gross profit, GP%, discounts and product mix to identify trends and opportunities.

Prepare P&L and profitability analysis across business units, branches and products.

Develop Flash reports, monthly management reports and executive performance dashboards.

Monitor key financial and operational KPIs and highlight risks, opportunities and corrective actions.

Support business units with financial analysis, commercial insights and decision-making support.

Develop financial models, scenarios and sensitivity analysis for business planning and strategic decisions.

Ensure accuracy, integrity and reconciliation of financial and operational data used in management reporting.

Work closely with Sales, Operations, Procurement, HR and Finance to understand performance and business drivers.

Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and management insights as required.

Continuously improve FP&A reporting to shift from data reporting to actionable business insights.

Drive AI transformation within FP&A by identifying and implementing AI use cases for reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, data interpretation and management insights.

Leverage AI tools to automate repetitive FP&A activities, enhance analytical capabilities and improve the speed and quality of decision-making.

Explore and implement AI-enabled forecasting, predictive analytics and intelligent management reporting.

Qualification

CA, ACCA, CMA

Experience

7+ Years

Competence

SAP,PBI,SQL, SAP Analytics Cloud, Advanced Excel & Financial Modeling