Senior Analyst, FP&A and Business Planning & Strategy

Kavak.com; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

KAVAK UAE is expanding its Middle East operations and seeks a senior FP&A professional to own financial models behind the business plan. You will turn data into clear recommendations and present them to the GM and Group CFO, driving planning, budgeting, and performance analysis.

The role requires expert Excel, SQL, and BI tooling skills, with experience in multi-currency models and cost control. You will partner with Sales, Operations, Legal and external partners to optimise value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong financial modelling experience with capacity to build integrated three-statement models.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the business plan, annual budget and rolling forecast with driver-based unit economics.
• Maintain model governance with clear inputs, calculations and outputs; review models from others.
• Evaluate feasibility and commercial viability for new verticals and markets; contribute to go-to-market plans.
• Analyse performance vs. plan; identify drivers of variances and provide quantified recommendations with owners and timelines.
• Create finance reports and dashboards; extract data from source systems using SQL.
• Prepare materials for the board, GM and Group CFO and present analyses clearly to stakeholders.
• Lead process improvements and automation, coordinating with Sales, Operations, Legal, and external partners.

Skills

Financial modelling

FP&A

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Multi-currency understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Who WE are?

KAVAK is the number one e-commerce in the purchase and sale of pre-owned vehicles with the fastest growth in Latin America. We work smart and make things happen, offering the easiest, safest and most transparent experience to buy or sell a car.

But our journey doesn't stop there: at KAVAK our goal is global! Now our footprint extends to the vibrant GCC region as part of our expansion into the Middle East, in the pursuit of our one and only goal: to transform the automotive market around the world.

Today we have more than 180 Kavakees on the GCC team and growing, surrounding ourselves with the best talent to continue building the technology, processes, and products that make us the number one player in the pre-owned car market.

Wanna join us on this exciting ride?

Job Description

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

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial modelling and planning. Build and own the business plan, annual budget and rolling forecast: integrated three-statement models, driver-based unit 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 models built by others.
• Feasibility and expansion. Evaluate feasibility, investment cases and commercial viability for new 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 and timelines.
• Data, reporting and dashboards. Build finance reports and dashboards that track financial and operational performance; extract data directly from source systems and databases with SQL.
• Presentation and stakeholders. Prepare board, GM and Group CFO materials, and present analysis with clarity and confidence to senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Automation and partnering. Lead process improvement and workflow automation (including AI-assisted analysis and reporting), and coordinate cross-functional planning with Sales, Operations, Legal and external partners.

Requirements

Skills and Qualifications:

• 5-7 years in FP&A, business planning, strategy, consulting, corporate finance or performance management. Consulting, investment banking or strategy experience is welcome.
• Expert Excel and financial modelling. You can build a model from a blank sheet: dynamic formulas, data tables, scenario switches, and error checks. Working knowledge of Google Sheets.
• Advanced data extraction and analysis: SQL (read and write; Postgres or BigQuery an advantage) and a BI tool such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker. Strong presentation skills in PowerPoint or Google Slides, and the ability to turn numbers into a recommendation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to influence and, where needed, challenge commercial teams using 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 during peak periods (month-end, budget cycle, board packs).
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Data/Information Systems or another quantitative 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 for data analysis and reporting).
• Professional qualification or MBA (CFA, CA, CMA, ACCA).
• Experience with GCC markets and multi-currency models.
• Experience leading or mentoring analysts.

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