Senior Analyst, FP&A and Business Planning & Strategy

Kavak; Dubai; Sur place; AED 240 000 - 420 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kavak UAE is building the Middle East’s leading used-car platform and expanding into adjacent services. This CFO-level role owns planning, modelling and decision support, turning data into actionable recommendations for the GM and Group CFO.

You will build and stress-test multi-statement models, oversee governance, and drive automation with cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Operations, Legal, and external partners.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in FP&A, business planning, strategy, consulting, corporate finance or performance management.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling; working knowledge of Google Sheets.
• SQL and BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker for data extraction and analysis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to influence and challenge commercial teams using data.
• Solid grounding in P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, and working capital/inventory economics.
• Self-driven and organized, able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Data/Information Systems or another quantitative field.

Responsabilités

• Build and own the business plan and rolling forecast with integrated three-statement models.
• Maintain model governance: inputs, calculations, outputs, version control and assumptions.
• Evaluate feasibility and ROI for new markets and business verticals.
• Analyze performance vs plan and provide quantified recommendations with owners and timelines.
• Create finance reports and dashboards; extract data from source systems using SQL.
• Prepare board, GM and CFO materials and present findings clearly to stakeholders.
• Lead process improvements and automation including AI-assisted analysis.

Connaissances

Excel & financial modelling

SQL

BI tools

Presentation skills

Communication

P&L / cash flow knowledge

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Data/Information Systems

Outils

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Google Sheets

Description du poste

Senior Analyst, FP&A and Business Planning & Strategy

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 10/08/2026

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. Wework smart and make things happen,offering theeasiest, safest and most transparent experience to buy or sell a car
But our journey doesn't stop there: at KAVAK our goal is global! Nowour footprint extends to the vibrant GCC regionas 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 talentto continuebuilding the technology, processes, and productsthat make us thenumber 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-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 explaina 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 arecommendation.
• 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).
• Experience with GCC markets andmulti-currency models.
• Experience leading or mentoringanalysts.

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