Business Performance Analyst

Allocation Assist; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Allocation Assist is seeking a sharp Business Performance Analyst to own company dashboards, monitor real-time metrics, and analyze P&L to uncover profitability drivers.

You will translate data into actionable recommendations for leadership, collaborate across departments to ensure data integrity, and support decision making during launches and strategic shifts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Admin, Economics or related field.
• 2–4 years in business performance or financial analysis.
• Proficient data visualization in PowerBI/Tableau and advanced Excel/Sheets.
• Strong financial acumen on budgeting, variance analysis and P&L.
• Ability to translate numbers into clear narratives for stakeholders.
• Proactive, detail-oriented and commercially aware.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain company-wide dashboards for real-time visibility.
• Perform departmental deep dives and KPI analysis to find bottlenecks.
• Evaluate overall P&L performance with variance analysis.
• Provide strategic, actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Validate data integrity and consolidate reporting across teams.
• Conduct ad-hoc analytics for product launches and strategic shifts.

Skills

Data Visualization

PowerBI

Tableau

Excel

Google Sheets

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Location: Dubai

Job Type: Full-time, on site

Job Summary

We are seeking a sharp, data-driven Business Performance Analyst to take ownership of our company performance tracking. In this role, you will be the primary custodian of our business dashboards, monitoring real-time metrics across all company departments. Your main focus will be looking deep into the numbers of each distinct business unit, as well as analyzing our overall Profit and Loss (P&L) statements, to uncover trends, pinpoint inefficiencies, and explain the stories behind the numbers. The ideal candidate does not just read data or build reports; they provide the commercial judgment and actionable recommendations that help our leadership team optimize departmental performance and maximize profitability.

Core Responsibilities:

• Dashboard Ownership & Monitoring: Actively maintain, track, and optimize company-wide and department-specific performance dashboards to ensure accurate, real-time data visibility.
• Departmental Deep-Dives: Analyze operational metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for individual departments to assess productivity, identify operational bottlenecks, and highlight areas of strong or weak performance.
• Financial & P&L Analysis: Evaluate the company's overall Profit and Loss (P&L) performance, conducting variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and historical trends to determine financial health and profitability drivers.
• Strategic Recommendations: Convert analytical findings into clear, proactive recommendations for department heads and executive leadership to drive cost efficiency and revenue growth.
• Data Reconciliation: Collaborate with department leaders to validate data integrity, ensuring that scattered internal numbers are consolidated into unified, accurate reporting packs.
• Ad-Hoc Analytics: Conduct rapid-response, cross-functional data analysis to support management decisions during product launches, strategic shifts, or market changes.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience: 2 to 4 years of proven experience in business performance analysis, financial analysis, or management reporting.
• Technical Skills: High proficiency in data visualization and dashboard software (such as PowerBI or Tableau) along with advanced MS Excel / Google Sheets skills. Solid experience with SQL or data query tools is a strong plus.
• Financial Acumen: Deep understanding of financial metrics, budgeting, variance analysis, and corporate P&L structures.
• Communication Skills: Excellent ability to translate complex numerical datasets into simple, clear visual summaries and written narratives for non-technical stakeholders.
• Mindset: Highly proactive, details-oriented, and commercially aware, with a passion for finding the "why" behind the numbers.