Senior Analyst, FP&A and Business Planning & Strategy

KAVAK; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavak UAE is hiring a senior FP&A leader to act as the CFO’s right hand for planning, modelling and decision support. You will own the financial models behind the business plan, stress-test scenarios, and present clear recommendations to the GM and Group CFO.

The role requires 5–7 years in FP&A or related fields, expert Excel, SQL, and BI skills, plus strong business acumen and the ability to communicate complex numbers to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in FP&A, business planning, strategy, consulting, or corporate finance.
• Expert Excel and financial modelling with ability to build from scratch.
• Strong data extraction and analysis with SQL and BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the business plan, annual budget and rolling forecast with three-statement models.
• Maintain model integrity with inputs, calculations, outputs, version control, and assumptions.
• Evaluate feasibility and investment cases for new verticals and markets.
• Analyse performance versus plan and provide quantified recommendations.
• Build finance reports and dashboards pulling data from source systems (SQL).
• Prepare board and leadership materials and present insights clearly.
• Lead process improvement and cross-functional planning with Sales, Ops, Legal.

Skills

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

SQL

Power BI

Data storytelling

Forecasting

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or quantitative field

Tools

Postgres/BigQuery

Excel/Google Sheets

BI tools (Power BI/Tableau/Looker)

Job description

Job description

Kavak UAE is building the Middle East’s leading used-carplatform and expanding into adjacent services and new markets. This role is theCFO’s right hand for planning, modelling and decision support. You will own thefinancial models behind the business plan, turn data into clearrecommendations, and present them to the GM and Group CFO. We want ananalytical, commercially minded modeller who can build, stress-test and explain a model, not only maintain one.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial modelling andplanning. Build and own the business plan, annualbudget and rolling forecast: integrated three-statement models, driver-basedunit economics (price, margin per car, days-to-sell, inventory financing, CAC)and scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Model governance. Maintain model integrity: clear inputs, calculations and outputs,version control, checks and documented assumptions. Review and challenge modelsbuilt by others.
• Feasibility and expansion. Evaluate feasibility, investment cases and commercial viability fornew business verticals and new markets (market sizing, funding needs, payback,IRR), and give input into go-to-market plans.
• Analysis and insight. Analyse performance versus plan, find the drivers behind variances,and give leadership clear, quantified recommendations with owners andtimelines.
• Data, reporting anddashboards. Build finance reports and dashboardsthat track financial and operational performance; extract data directly fromsource systems and databases with SQL.
• Presentation andstakeholders. Prepare board, GM and Group CFOmaterials, and present analysis with clarity and confidence to senior internaland external stakeholders.
• Automation and partnering. Lead process improvement and workflow automation (includingAI-assisted analysis and reporting), and coordinate cross-functional planningwith Sales, Operations, Legal and external partners.

Requirements

Skills and Qualifications:

• 5-7 years in FP&A, businessplanning, strategy, consulting, corporate finance or performance management. Consulting, investment banking or strategy experience is welcome.
• Expert Excel and financialmodelling. You can build a model from a blank sheet: dynamic formulas, datatables, scenario switches, and error checks. Working knowledge of GoogleSheets.
• Advanced data extraction andanalysis: SQL (read and write; Postgres or BigQuery an advantage) and a BI toolsuch as Power BI, Tableau or Looker. Strong presentation skills inPowerPoint or Google Slides, and the ability to turn numbers into a recommendation.
• Excellent verbal and writtencommunication; able to influence and, where needed, challenge commercial teamsusing data.
• Solid grounding in P&L,balance sheet and cash flow, and in working capital and inventory economics.
• Self-driven and organised,working independently with minimal supervision. Flexibility on hours duringpeak periods (month-end, budget cycle, board packs).
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance,Business, Economics, Engineering, Data/Information Systems or anotherquantitative field.

Nice to have

• Experience in automotive, marketplaces,e-commerce, lending or other financial services.
• Python or another data tool;interest in AI and automation (Google Apps Script, workflow automation, AI fordata analysis and reporting).
• Professional qualification orMBA (CFA, CA, CMA, ACCA).
• Experience with GCC markets andmulti-currency models.
• Experience leading or mentoringanalysts.

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