Group Head of FP&A

Client of Aventus Global Talent; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Aventus Global Talent in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead group-wide budgeting, multi-year planning, and rolling forecasts across a diverse portfolio. The role will drive a unified performance framework and consolidate reporting for executive and Board review.

The successful candidate will build the FP&A function from the ground up, partner with senior leaders, and challenge assumptions to optimise capital allocation across geographies and

Qualifications

• 18+ years in finance with meaningful leadership time in FP&A, strategic finance, planning or performance management at group or holding-company level
• Background in a sovereign fund, holding group, infrastructure platform, pension fund or large asset manager with real portfolio complexity
• Comfortable working across several businesses, entities, geographies or asset classes at once
• Has built or rebuilt a planning function rather than entering one that already worked
• Strong modelling, forecasting and scenario work with a commercial view on capital allocation
• Credible in front of CEOs, CFOs and Boards and able to challenge senior people without relying on title

Responsibilities

• Own group-wide budgeting, multi-year planning and rolling forecasts across a broad mix of businesses and asset classes
• Put a single performance framework in place – KPIs, measures and reporting – that ties results back to strategy and makes accountability visible
• Consolidate group and entity-level performance into one view, aligning planning standards across portfolio finance teams
• Act as a sounding board to the Group CFO, CEO and leadership, offering independent views and constructive challenge
• Produce numbers and narrative behind executive and Board reporting, making complex detail land clearly
• Model scenarios and returns behind capital deployment, portfolio decisions and major investment cases
• Design how FP&A will run day-to-day – processes, governance, systems and team – and build it from the ground up

Job description

Group Head of Financial Planning amp AnalysisLocation

Abu Dhabi UAE

Key Responsibilities

• Own group-wide budgeting multi-year planning and rolling forecasts across a broad mix of businesses and asset classes
• Put a single performance framework in place - KPIs measures and reporting - that ties results back to strategy and makes accountability visible
• Bring group and entity-level performance into one consolidated view aligning planning standards across portfolio finance teams
• Act as a genuine sounding board to the Group CFO CEO and wider leadership offering an independent view and pushing back where it counts
• Produce both the numbers and the narrative behind executive and Board reporting making complex detail land clearly
• Model the scenarios and returns behind capital deployment portfolio decisions and major investment cases
• Design how FP amp A will run day to day - processes governance systems and team - and build it out from the ground up

Background

• 18+ years in finance, with meaningful leadership time in FP amp A, strategic finance, planning or performance management at group or holding-company level
• Background in a sovereign fund, holding group, infrastructure platform, pension fund or large asset manager - somewhere with real portfolio complexity
• Comfortable working across several businesses, entities, geographies or asset classes at once
• Has built or rebuilt a planning function before, rather than stepping into one that already worked
• Strong modelling, forecasting and scenario work, paired with a commercial view on where capital should go
• Credible in front of CEOs, CFOs and Boards - able to explain the story behind the numbers and challenge senior people without leaning on title
• A finance or accounting qualification, or relevant postgraduate degree, is welcome - though track record and executive credibility carry more weight

Role open to international candidates