Senior FP&A Analyst

Mada Media; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mada Media in Dubai seeks a senior FP&A professional to drive planning, forecasting, and management reporting. You will develop models, dashboards, and KPI-driven insights to inform decisions and strategic investments.

You will collaborate across finance and operations to optimize capital use and profitability. The role emphasizes consolidation across entities, intercompany reconciliations, and continuous improvement of FP&A processes with automation and ERP/BI integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• 5–8 years of relevant FP&A, financial analysis, or management reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
• Prepare monthly management reports, variance analysis, and performance insights.
• Analyze P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, EBITDA, OPEX, CAPEX, and working capital.
• Support consolidation across units, intercompany reconciliations, and eliminations.
• Develop financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and management reports.
• Integrate data from ERP, BI, and planning systems to drive insights.
• Partner with functions to translate analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to automate FP&A and reporting processes.

Skills

FP&A

Financial analysis

Management reporting

Consolidation

Budgeting

Forecasting

Dashboards

ERP systems

BI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

To support effective management decision-making and business performance by delivering accurate financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, consolidation, and data-driven analysis. The role provides actionable insights into financial and operational performance, develops financial models and dashboards, supports business planning and investment evaluation, and drives continuous improvement and automation across FP&A, reporting, consolidation, and analytics processes.

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities, ensuring alignment with business objectives and key performance drivers.
• Prepare monthly management reports, variance analysis, forecasts, and performance insights to support management decision-making.
• Analyze P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, EBITDA, OPEX, CAPEX, and working capital performance to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
• Support financial consolidation across business units, subsidiaries, and entities, including intercompany reconciliations, eliminations, and investigation of consolidation differences.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end group reporting and consolidation processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial information.
• Develop and maintain financial models, dashboards, KPIs, and management reports to improve visibility of financial and operational performance.
• Integrate and analyze data from ERP, BI, financial, and operational systems to generate reliable and actionable business insights.
• Partner with business functions to evaluate performance, understand financial implications, and translate analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Prepare business cases, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and investment evaluations to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Provide financial and analytical support to senior management on profitability, cost efficiency, resource allocation, and business performance.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate and streamline FP&A, reporting, consolidation, and data processes.
• Continuously enhance FP&A, financial reporting, consolidation, modelling, and analytics frameworks to improve the quality and efficiency of management information.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline with a (5-8) years of relevant in FP&A, financial analysis, management reporting, financial consolidation, commercial finance, or related areas.

Preferred:

• Strong practical experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, financial modelling, and management reporting.
• Proven experience in financial consolidation, intercompany reconciliations, eliminations, and group reporting.
• Experience analyzing financial statements and key measures including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, EBITDA, OPEX, CAPEX, and working capital.
• Experience working with financial and operational datasets to identify performance drivers and produce management insights.
• Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, financial models, and analytical reporting.
• Experience working with ERP, financial, BI, and/or planning systems.