Financial Analyst

Salt; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt, a major employer in the Middle East, is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our Dubai team. The role focuses on delivering timely reports and performance analysis against budgets and forecasts to support strategic decisions.

You will drive business partnering with key stakeholders, help prepare budgets and forecasts, and maintain robust financial models. The position involves month-end close, OEM reporting, and ERP/BI project work.

Qualifications

• CMA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA professional accounting qualification.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance.
• 5+ years of financial analysis and modeling experience.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, relevant reports and analysis of performance against historical, budgeted, and forecasted results to facilitate decision-making toward the budget and strategic plan.
• Provision of business analysis and KPI management.
• Adopting a business partnering approach and providing essential financial advice and support to key stakeholders.
• Ensure business growth objectives are achieved through planning, coordination and production of budgets and forecasts in a timely manner.
• Maintain and develop financial models to aid planning processes, ensuring quality, accuracy, and focused analytical review.
• Manage the successful delivery of process improvement initiatives by identifying non-value add activities and implementing solutions which create operational efficiencies across the business.
• Responsible for the preparation and execution of month end reporting tasks, ensuring the necessary information is provided in an accurate and timely manner i.e. MIS reporting.
• Support the interim and year end audit process, liaising with external auditors and preparing and consolidating relevant information as required in a timely manner.
• Preparation of periodic reports for OEM requirements and compliance.
• Ensure processes and procedures are fully documented in a clear and concise manner and always maintained.
• Support in the preparation of board presentations for management.
• Preparation of ad hoc reports and analysis as required by management.
• Participate in the automation of processes and system implementation for Finance as a key project member (i.e. ERP, BI Tool).
• Managing adhoc reports for OEM’s and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Financial analysis

Financial modeling

Excel advanced

Business partnering

Education

Professional accounting qualification (CMA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA)

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

My client is one of the largest employers in the Middle East. They are looking for a Financial Analyst to join their growing team based in Dubai.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reports and analysis of performance against historical, budgeted, and forecasted results to facilitate decision-making toward the achievement of the budget and strategic plan
• Provision of business analysis and KPI management
• Adopting a business partnering approach and providing essential financial advice and support to key stakeholders
• Ensure business growth objectives are achieved through planning, coordination and production of budgets and forecasts in a timely manner
• Maintain and develop financial models to aid planning processes, ensuring quality, accuracy, and focused analytical review
• Manage the successful delivery of process improvement initiatives by identifying non-value add activities and implementing solutions which create operational efficiencies across the business
• Responsible for the preparation and execution of month end reporting tasks, ensuring the necessary information is provided in an accurate and timely manner i.e. MIS reporting
• Support the interim and year end audit process, liaising with external auditors and preparing and consolidating relevant information as required in a timely manner
• Preparation of periodic reports for OEM requirements and compliance
• Ensure processes and procedures are fully documented in a clear and concise manner and always maintained
• Support in the preparation of board presentations for management
• Preparation of ad hoc reports and analysis as required by management
• Participate in the automation of processes and system implementation for Finance as a key project member (i.e. ERP, BI Tool)
• Managing adhoc reports for OEM’s and internal stakeholders

Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification i.e. CMA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance or equivalent experience
• 5 years + financial analysis and modeling experience
• Advanced knowledge of Excel