Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Confidential Careers; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers in Abu Dhabi seeks a seasoned Director, FP&A to lead the Group's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting, providing decision-support across multiple business units. You will partner with executive leadership to drive strategic initiatives, capital allocation, and long-term value creation.

You will oversee enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and performance analytics, develop advanced financial models, and build KPI dashboards to enable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• MBA, CFA/CPA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent professional qualification highly preferred.
• 15 years of progressive finance experience with at least 5 years in a senior FP&A leadership role.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning processes.
• Experience with diversified groups, conglomerates, holding companies, family offices, or publicly listed organizations.
• Advanced financial modeling and business analytics capabilities.
• Experience managing and developing finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, strategic planning, and rolling forecast processes across the Group.
• Develop financial models and long-range plans to support corporate strategy and business growth.
• Drive planning standardization and governance across multiple business entities.
• Ensure alignment between strategic objectives and financial targets.
• Develop and monitor key financial and operational KPIs.
• Analyze business performance and profitability trends across business units.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packs.
• Develop executive dashboards and performance scorecards.
• Deliver business insights through financial and operational analysis.
• Support Executive Committee and Board reporting requirements.
• Partner with executive leadership on strategic initiatives, investments, and business decisions.
• Evaluate new business opportunities, expansion projects, acquisitions, and capital investments.
• Support scenario planning and strategic decision-making exercises.
• Drive a culture of financial discipline and accountability across the organization.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of planning and reporting processes.
• Enhance financial systems, planning tools, and reporting capabilities.
• Establish best practices and financial governance standards.
• Lead and develop high-performing FP&A teams.

Skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

Financial Modeling

Management Reporting

Strategic Planning

Team Leadership

KPI Development

Business Analytics

Stakeholder Management

Enterprise FP&A

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Admin

MBA / CFA / CPA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent

Job description

A leading Abu Dhabi-based diversified group is seeking a strategic and commercially driven Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to lead the Group's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, business performance, and decision-support functions.

Reporting to senior executive leadership, the role will be responsible for driving enterprise-wide financial planning processes, providing insightful analysis, enhancing business performance visibility, and supporting strategic decision-making across multiple business units and subsidiaries.

The successful candidate will serve as a key business partner to executive leadership and play a critical role in shaping financial strategy, capital allocation, growth initiatives, and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting, strategic planning, and rolling forecast processes across the Group.
• Develop financial models and long-range plans to support corporate strategy and business growth.
• Drive planning standardization and governance across multiple business entities.
• Ensure alignment between strategic objectives and financial targets.
• Develop and monitor key financial and operational KPIs.
• Analyze business performance and profitability trends across business units.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packs.
• Develop executive dashboards and performance scorecards.
• Deliver business insights through financial and operational analysis.
• Support Executive Committee and Board reporting requirements.
• Partner with executive leadership on strategic initiatives, investments, and business decisions.
• Evaluate new business opportunities, expansion projects, acquisitions, and capital investments.
• Support scenario planning and strategic decision-making exercises.
• Drive a culture of financial discipline and accountability across the organization.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of planning and reporting processes.
• Enhance financial systems, planning tools, and reporting capabilities.
• Establish best practices and financial governance standards.
• Lead and develop high-performing FP&A teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• MBA, Master's Degree, CFA, CPA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent professional qualification is highly preferred.
• 15 years of progressive finance experience with a minimum of 5 years in a senior FP&A leadership role.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes.
• Strong experience within diversified groups, conglomerates, holding companies, family offices, or publicly listed organizations.
• Extensive experience in management reporting, business performance analysis, and strategic finance.
• Advanced financial modeling and business analytics capabilities.
• Experience managing and developing finance teams.