Manager - Financial Strategy

Caliberly; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 446,000 - 781,000; Full time

Job summary

Caliberly is seeking a Manager - Financial Strategy in the UAE to lead financial planning, capital investments, and strategic finance analytics. You will partner with business units to deliver robust budgeting, forecasting, and MIS reporting, enabling informed management decisions.

The ideal candidate is a CA with 7-9 years’ experience in finance transformation, SAP ERP, and PMO governance, capable of driving automation and actionable insights for regional growth.

Qualifications

• CA with 7-9 years of relevant finance experience.
• Experience in finance transformation, ERP (SAP), and PMO governance.
• Strong exposure to financial analysis and audit governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluation of business cases and strategic initiatives with financial insights.
• Lead CAPEX and investment evaluations including ROI, NPV, IRR, and scenarios.
• Own monthly MIS and management reporting for accuracy and insight.
• Monitor Budget vs Actual performance and highlight risks/opportunities.
• Coordinate monthly consolidation of financial statements across entities.
• Perform variance and profitability analyses with actionable recommendations.
• Oversee annual budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting processes.
• Develop and review financial models and long-term plans.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to validate performance and objectives.
• Drive improvements in planning, reporting, and automation.
• Support ad-hoc financial and strategic analyses for senior management.

Skills

CA (First Attempt)

Finance Transformation

ERP (SAP)

Digitalization

Audit Governance

Financial Analysis

PMO

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Job description

About the job Manager - Financial Strategy

MANAGER - FINANCE STRATEGY

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

• CA (First Attempt) with 7-9 years of experience
• Strong exposure to Finance Transformation, ERP (SAP), Digitalization, Audit Governance, Financial Analysis, and PMO functions
• Strong SAP ERP implementation/upgrade exposure

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the evaluation of business cases, strategic proposals, and commercial initiatives, providing financial and commercial insights and recommendations to support management decision-making.
• Lead CAPEX and investment evaluations, including financial feasibility, ROI, payback period, NPV, IRR, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis, and present recommendations to management.
• Own and review the monthly MIS and management reporting process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and meaningful analysis of financial and operational performance.
• Monitor and analyse Budget vs. Actual performance across businesses and functions, highlighting material deviations, emerging trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead and review the monthly consolidation of financial statements across entities/business units, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely closure and reporting.
• Perform and review detailed variance and profitability analysis, identify underlying business and operational drivers, and provide actionable recommendations to management.
• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting, forecasting, and periodic reforecasting processes, including review and challenge of assumptions submitted by business units.
• Develop and review financial models, long-term business plans, management presentations, and analytical reports to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
• Partner with business, commercial, operations, and finance teams to evaluate financial performance, validate assumptions, and support achievement of business objectives.
• Drive improvements in financial planning, reporting, management information, and analytical processes, including standardisation and automation opportunities.
• Support ad-hoc financial and strategic analysis required by senior management.