Senior FP&A Manager& Business Finance
Legend Holding Group
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Job summary
Legend Holding Group is seeking a Senior FP&A Manager to lead the group’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analytics. The role reports to the Group CFO and covers automotive and mobility businesses across the Dubai operations.
You will drive MIS consolidation, executive reporting, and business partnering with BU leaders to improve profitability, cash flow, and strategic decision-making.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or related discipline.
- MBA/Finance postgraduate qualification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead Group-wide budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes.
- Develop financial models covering revenue, fleet utilization, lifecycle profitability, and capex.
- Coordinate budget submissions across business units and drive rolling forecasts.
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Job description
Location: Dubai
Reporting To: Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
The Senior Manager - FP&A & Business Finance will play a critical leadership role in driving financial performance, strategic decision-making, and business growth across the Group's Automotive & Mobility businesses. Reporting directly to the Group CFO, the role is responsible for leading the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, monthly MIS consolidation and management reporting, business performance analytics, and finance business partnering support to Business Unit leaders.
The successful candidate will provide actionable financial insights across vehicle leasing, rental operations, fleet management, aftersales, and mobility solutions, ensuring management has timely and accurate information to drive profitability, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
This role requires a highly commercial finance professional capable of operating at both strategic and operational levels while working closely with senior leadership teams.
- Lead the Group-wide annual budgeting, strategic planning, and forecasting processes.
- Develop detailed financial models covering revenue, fleet utilization, vehicle lifecycle profitability, operating costs, cash flow, and capital investments.
- Coordinate budget submissions across business units and challenge assumptions to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
- Drive monthly rolling forecasts and scenario planning exercises.
- Monitor business performance against Budget, Forecast, Prior Year, and Strategic Plan.
- Lead monthly management reporting and MIS consolidation across all business units.
- Prepare executive-level performance reports and Board presentations.
- Deliver clear insights into revenue performance, fleet utilization, vehicle profitability, operating margins, EBITDA, free cash flow, and return on invested capital.
- Analyze monthly variances and identify key drivers of performance.
- Develop and continuously improve KPI dashboards for senior management.
- Conduct detailed analysis of:
- Fleet utilization
- Vehicle lifecycle profitability
- Residual value performance
- Rental and leasing margins
- Customer profitability
- Product and channel performance
- Cost optimization initiatives
- Working capital and cash flow metrics
- Support data-driven decision-making through financial modelling and scenario analysis.
- Evaluate strategic investment opportunities and expansion initiatives.
- Partner closely with Business Unit Heads, Operations, Commercial, Fleet, Procurement, and Aftersales teams, provide financial insights and recommendations to improve business performance and profitability.
- Challenge commercial assumptions and support pricing, contract negotiations, and investment decisions.
- Support operational efficiency initiatives through detailed financial analysis.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on strategic and operational matters.
- Support the Group CFO in strategic planning and performance management initiatives.
- Prepare business cases for fleet expansion, branch expansion, new products, mobility solutions, and capital expenditure projects.
- Conduct investment appraisal and ROI analysis.
- Support acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and other corporate finance initiatives when required.
- Drive automation and digitization of FP&A processes.
- Develop best-in-class reporting tools and management dashboards using Power BI and other BI platforms.
- Improve financial reporting accuracy, efficiency, and consistency across the Group.
- Strengthen data governance and reporting controls.
- Lead and develop the FP&A team.
- Mentor finance professionals and establish high-performance standards.
- Foster a business-oriented and analytical finance culture.
The ideal candidate is a commercially focused FP&A leader with significant experience within automotive, mobility, leasing, fleet management, transportation, logistics, retail automotive, or capital-intensive businesses.
The candidate must possess strong analytical capabilities, business partnering experience, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across a complex multi-business environment.
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Master's Degree (MBA or Finance-related postgraduate qualification) is highly preferred.
Candidates should possess at least one internationally recognized finance qualification: ACA (ICAEW), ACCA, CPA CIMA
MBA from a reputable institution would be considered a strong advantage.
- 10-15 years of progressive finance experience with strong focus on FP&A, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering.
- Minimum 5 years in a senior FP&A leadership role.
- Experience managing Group-wide budgeting and forecasting processes for multiple business units.
- Proven experience preparing Executive Committee and Board-level reporting.
- Strong stakeholder management experience partnering with business and operational leaders.
- Experience within:
- Automotive Mobility
- Vehicle Leasing
- Car Rental
- Fleet Management
- Automotive Distribution
- Transportation & Logistics
- Capital-intensive service businesses
- GCC / Middle East experience preferred.
- UAE and/or GCC experience in high-growth or private equity-backed organizations would be advantageous.
- Advanced Financial Planning & Analysis
- Management Reporting & MIS Consolidation
- Financial Modelling
- Business Performance Analytics
- Scenario Planning & Sensitivity Analysis
- Fleet & Asset Profitability Analysis
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Capital Investment Appraisal
- Working Capital Management
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- ERP Systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, etc.)
- EPM / Planning Solutions (Hyperion, Anaplan, OneStream or equivalent)
- Budget and Forecast Accuracy
- Timely Delivery of MIS and Board Reporting
- Quality of Business Insights and Performance Analytics
- EBITDA and Margin Improvement Initiatives
- Cost Optimization Achievement
- Working Capital and Cash Flow Improvements
- Reporting Automation and Process Efficiency
- Business Stakeholder Satisfaction
This position offers a unique opportunity to act as the right hand to the Group CFO, influencing strategic decisions across a fast-growing automotive mobility platform. The role combines corporate FP&A leadership, business finance partnering, strategic planning, and executive exposure.
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