Dubai Strategic Insights Analyst - Financial Modeling

Talabat; Dubai; On-site; AED 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Talabat is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst - Commercial Insights in Dubai to transform data into actionable insights and strategic guidance. You will work closely with business leaders to analyze performance, build financial models and present evidence-based recommendations for strategic action.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, executive-level reporting and the development of dashboards using Tableau and Power BI to monitor key metrics and enable data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in business/finance/economics or related.
• Minimum 2 years in business analysis, financial analysis, or project management.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail and organizational ability.
• Experience communicating recommendations to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic questions and information needs.
• Collect and organize operational, commercial and financial data.
• Analyse performance to uncover trends, constraints and opportunities.
• Develop recommendations reflecting analytical evidence and commercial priorities.
• Construct financial models for investment, planning and performance scenarios.
• Produce forecasts to support short-term and long-term decisions.
• Prepare reports explaining financial and operational outcomes.
• Monitor results against forecasts and highlight important changes.
• Define scope, milestones and responsibilities for projects.
• Coordinate project work from initiation to delivery.
• Create management dashboards for monitoring key measures.
• Present insights and strategic options to stakeholders.

Skills

Commercial analysis

Financial modelling

Tableau

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Executive-level reporting

Stakeholder communication

Strategic planning

Project planning

Multi-task management

Analytical problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related discipline

Tools

Asana

Trello

Jira

Job description

Talabat is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst - Commercial Insights in Dubai to transform data into actionable insights and strategic guidance. You will work closely with business leaders to analyze performance, build financial models and present evidence-based recommendations for strategic action.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, executive-level reporting and the development of dashboards using Tableau and Power BI to monitor key metrics and enable data-driven decisions.