Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

Innovations Global; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 134,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovations Global in Abu Dhabi seeks an FP&A Analyst to bridge historical data with strategic planning. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and management reporting, building interactive Power BI dashboards to track KPIs and support bidding pricing.

The role requires CPA/CIMA/CMA/CFA/ACCA/CA or equivalent, 5–10 years in Finance, and strong partnering with stakeholders. Full-time on-site position with exposure to multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting / Finance with CPA /CIMA/CMA/CFA/ACCA/CA.
• Five to Ten years of experience in Finance, Accounting & FP&A including minimum of three years in FP&A.
• Certifications CMA/FMVA beneficial; CFA is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and 5-year planning cycles with cross‑functional inputs.
• Perform variance analysis to identify deviations and optimization opportunities.
• Build driver-based financial models for planning and capex requests.
• Develop monthly management reporting packs and Power BI dashboards.
• Support bidding pricing modelling and financial governance processes.
• Identify financial risks and assist remedial action plans.

Skills

Business partnering

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial modeling

Reporting & dashboards

Education

Degree in Accounting / Finance with CPA /CIMA/CMA/CFA/ACCA/CA

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Analyst is a specialized mid level finance professional who bridges the gap between historical record-keeping and forward-looking strategy. The candidate would be responsible for management reporting, budget preparation, forecasting, financial modelling, Dashboard building, bidding pricing support (modelling), and monitoring & financial analysis of various ongoing and upcoming projects/contracts.

Work location: Abu Dhabi

Contract: Full time

Key Job Responsibilities

Principal Accountabilities

• Financial Planning & Budgeting: leading the company level annual budgeting & 5 years planning process, periodic forecast cycles, consolidating inputs from various departments/contracts Finance Managers to ensure alignment with company goals.
• Variance Analysis: Perform company level detailed "Actual vs. Budget" and "Budget vs. Forecast" analysis to identify trends, root causes of deviations, and opportunities for cost optimization in collaboration with portfolio finance managers.
• Financial Modelling: Build and maintain complex, driver-based financial models for scenario planning, cash flow forecasting, and capital expenditure (CapEx) requests. And as needed supporting the bidding team pricing modelling.
• Reporting & Dashboards: Develop and automate top quality monthly management reporting packs and interactive Power BI to track key KPIs. Including AI tools adoption for a smarter, faster and more reliable reporting.
• Early identification of key financial risks and assist in creation and establishment of remedial action plans.
• Stakeholder reporting - Provide accurate information to the various stakeholder as requested, including shareholders required management reporting.
• Financial Reporting – Support as needed the preparation financial statements and other needed financial reports. Reconcile when a financial discrepancy appears, inform direct manager and deliver all related reports accordingly. Financials annual and quarterly financials. Prepare special financial reports by studying and analysing account information.
• Develop close working relationships with different Finance unit team members as well as wider company stakeholders for multiple reporting and analysis deliverables.
• Support establishing and owning effective cash management processes to optimize working capital available.
• Coordinate with Finance stakeholders and IT Department for identification, selection, implementation, operating and maintenance of accounting/reporting tools and software.
• Finance Partnering: Act as a finance advisor to non-finance stakeholders, translating data into actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Support the Senior Manager in different ad hoc reporting, analysis, business cases building, financial governance, and other requests.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting / Finance with a CPA /CIMA/CMA/CFA/ACCA/CA.
• Five to Ten years of experience in Finance, Accounting & FP&A functions including minimum of three years in FP&A position.

Certifications (beneficial, not mandatory)

• CMA or FMVA, completed or in progress.
• CFA is a bonus.

Core skills

• Business partnering and commercial insight: challenging assumptions, explaining variances and recommending actions to non-finance stakeholders.
• Budgeting and forecasting: annual budget, rolling forecasts and variance analysis.
• Financial modeling and analysis: advanced Excel, scenarios and driver-based models.
• Reporting and dashboards: Power BI, AI tools (Claude, Chat GPT, Copilot, etc.) and clear communication with non-finance teams and strong presentation skills.